Life Expectancy

• CIA World Factbook: Life Expectancy at Birth  - Charts the average life expectancy of people born in the same year, including total population, and male and female components.
• How Long Will You Live?  - Furnishes two life calculators based on data about Americans, additional health-related information, and explanation of calculations.
• Life Expectancy: Separating the Facts from the Myths  - Discusses speculation, facts, fantasy, and fallacy, including Shangri-La, the Fountain of Youth, and modern records.
• World Life Expectancy  - Mouse over an interactive map of the world to view life expectancies in each location. View a table showing countries with highest to lowest expectancies and learn about how life expectancy can be improved.