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  • Deaths per year, by world region
  • Difference between female and male life expectancy at age 45
  • Difference between male and female life expectancy
  • Difference in female and male life expectancy at birth
  • Differences in life expectancy are more regional than national
  • Estimated and projected life expectancy at birth
  • Expected years of living with disability or disease burden
  • Female and male life expectancy at birth
  • Female minus male life expectancy vs. non-communicable disease death rate
  • Female-to-male life expectancy ratio
  • Future life expectancy projections
  • Gender difference in life expectancy
  • Healthy life expectancy and years lived with disability
  • Healthy life expectancy vs. health expenditure per capita
  • Life expectancyWorld Bank data
  • Life expectancyUN estimates + projections
  • Life expectancyUN historical estimates
  • Life expectancy at age 15
  • Life expectancy at age 15 by sex
  • Life expectancy at age 45
  • Life expectancy at birthOECD data
  • Life expectancy at birth by sex
  • Life expectancy at birth, including the UN projections
  • Life expectancy by world region
  • Life expectancy of women vs. life expectancy of men
  • Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaWorld Bank
  • Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaMaddison
  • Life expectancy vs. liberal democracy
  • Life satisfaction vs. life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Share in extreme poverty vs. life expectancy at birth
  • Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65
  • Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65
  • Women's life expectancy at birth
  • Years lived with disability vs. health expenditure per capita

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