Recent trends in life expectancy across high income countries: retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess whether declines in life expectancy occurred across high income countries during 2014-16, to identify the causes of death contributing to these declines, and to examine the extent to which these declines were driven by shared or differing factors across countries. DESIGN:Demographic analysis using aggregated data. SETTING:Vital statistics systems of 18 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. PARTICIPANTS:18 countries with high quality all cause and cause specific mortality data available in 2014-16. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Life expectancy at birth, 0-65 years, and 65 or more years and cause of death contributions to changes in life expectancy at birth. RESULTS:The majority of high income countries in the study experienced declines

SUBMITTER: Ho JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6092679 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature