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Relationships between best-practice and greatest possible life expectancies

Author: Filipe Costa de Souza

Published in: European Journal of Ageing | Issue 3/2020

Abstract

This paper investigated the relationships between the best-practice and the greatest possible life expectancies by means of gaps, lags and decomposition analyses, from 1950–1955 up to 2095–2100. The data were gathered from the United Nations’ World Population Prospects (2017), containing abridged period life tables, for both sexes combined, for 201 countries or areas, which allowed the identification of low-mortality regions that are sometimes omitted in previous studies. It was observed that both best-practice and greatest possible life expectancies rose and are expected to continue to rise linearly in a very similar way. Moreover, the average gap between the best-practice and the greatest possible life expectancies was of about 1.14 years and the average lag was 7.59 years. Finally, it was found that major contributions to the gap are typically due to age groups beyond 65 years.

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Title: Relationships between best-practice and greatest possible life expectancies
Author: Filipe Costa de Souza
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Ageing / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1613-9372
Electronic ISSN: 1613-9380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-019-00549-3

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