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Life Expectancy

Life Expectancy is a demographic measure representing the average number of years a person is expected to live from a given age, calculated under current mortality conditions in a specific population.

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Christopher J L Murray, Theo Vos, Rafael Lozano et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 9K citations

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Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy

I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 8.3K citations · Full text

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Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study

Christopher J L Murray, Alan D López · The Lancet · 1997 · 7K citations

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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Mohsen Naghavi, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Cristiana Abbafati et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

The Lancet · 2018 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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  1. JW
    James W. Vaupel

    Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany

    89 publications · 16.1K citations

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  2. CJ
    Christopher J L Murray

    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States

    58 publications · 56.1K citations

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  3. JR
    Jean‐Marie Robine

    Inserm, France

    52 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. MM
    Martin McKee

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    50 publications · 16.9K citations

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  5. EA
    Elizabeth Arias

    National Center for Health Statistics, United States

    40 publications · 8.3K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    92 h-index

    590 publications

    145.5K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    73 h-index

    952 publications

    235.2K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    73 h-index

    420 publications

    37.3K citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    72 h-index

    353 publications

    47.7K citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    72 h-index

    1.5K publications

    2.7M citations

  6. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    63 h-index

    355 publications

    99.6K citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

    244 publications

    27.1K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    60 h-index

    256 publications

    34.2K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 572 publications · 41.6K citations

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  2. Demography

    176 publications · 21K citations

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  3. The Lancet

    112 publications · 80.1K citations

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  4. Social Science & Medicine

    205 publications · 17.1K citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 137 publications · 14.9K citations

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