"Life Expectancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.
| Descriptor ID |
D008017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.450 N01.224.935.464 N06.850.505.400.975.450 N06.850.520.308.985.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Expectancy- Life Expectancy
- Expectancies, Life
- Expectancy, Life
- Life Expectancies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2020 01 08; 368:l6669.
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Life Expectancy With and Without Dementia: A Population-Based Study of Dementia Burden and Preventive Potential. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 02 01; 188(2):372-381.
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Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population. Circulation. 2018 07 24; 138(4):345-355.
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Physical activity types and life expectancy with and without cardiovascular disease: the Rotterdam Study. J Public Health (Oxf). 2017 12 01; 39(4):e209-e218.
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Association of Thyroid Function With Life Expectancy With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: The Rotterdam Study. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 11 01; 177(11):1650-1657.
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Levels of ambient air pollution according to mode of transport: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health. 2017 01; 2(1):e23-e34.
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Obesity and Life Expectancy with and without Diabetes in Adults Aged 55 Years and Older in the Netherlands: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2016 07; 13(7):e1002086.
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Obesity in older adults and life expectancy with and without cardiovascular disease. Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 10; 40(10):1535-1540.