"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Life Expectancy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Garcia MA, Tarraf W, Chiu CT, Thierry AD, Saenz JL, Reyes AM, Thorpe RJ. A comparison of dementia-free life expectancy estimates across competing algorithmic classifications: new knowledge and considerations from the health and retirement study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026 May 07; 81(6).
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Li C, Baltrus P, Josiah Willock R, Blount M, Gaglioti A, Bailey B, Caplan LS, Douglas MD, Mack D. County-Level Analysis of the Health Impact of Black Physicians in Georgia. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Jun; 13(3):2357-2368.
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Olshansky SJ, Willcox BJ, Demetrius L, Beltr?n-S?nchez H. Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century. Nat Aging. 2024 Nov; 4(11):1635-1642.
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Songiso M, Nu?ez O, Cabanes A, Mutale M, Munalula J, Pupwe G, Henry-Tillman R, Parham GP. Three-year survival of breast cancer patients attending a one-stop breast care clinic nested within a primary care health facility in sub-Saharan Africa-Zambia. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jul 15; 155(2):261-269.
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Dalela D, Corsi NJ, Bronkema C, Sood A, Arora S, Majdalany SE, Butaney M, Jamil M, Li P, Palma-Zamora I, Rakic N, Kovacevic N, Jeong W, Menon M, Rogers CG, Schonberg MA, Abdollah F. Prostate Specific Antigen Screening on a Nationwide Level: Featuring the Contribution of Race and Life Expectancy in Decision Making. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 04; 22(2):269-280.e2.
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Lee P, Bowe SJ, Engel L, Lubetkin EI, Devlin N, Gao L. An Intersectional Approach to Quantifying the Impact of Geographic Remoteness and Health Disparities on Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy: Application to Australia. Value Health. 2023 12; 26(12):1763-1771.
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Jia H, Lubetkin E. Use of a microsimulation method for assessing dynamics of smoking status and gains in life expectancy after quitting in a longitudinal cohort of US older adults. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 04; 12(11):e062189.
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Jia H, Lubetkin EI. Association between self-reported body mass index and active life expectancy in a large community-dwelling sample of older U.S. adults. BMC Geriatr. 2022 04 09; 22(1):310.
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Ylli A, Wu YY, Burazeri G, Pirkle C, Sentell T. The lower COVID-19 related mortality and incidence rates in Eastern European countries are associated with delayed start of community circulation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243411.
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Jia H, Lubetkin EI. Life expectancy and active life expectancy by disability status in older U.S. adults. PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0238890.