Global Life Expectancy Rebounds, but Youth Deaths and Chronic Diseases Rise
TL;DR
Global life expectancy has returned to pre-pandemic levels at around 76.3 years for women and 71.5 for men, but rising death rates among adolescents and young adults, along with persistent health inequities and preventable risk factors, highlight urgent global health challenges that require strategic policy responses.
Topics:top-newshealth#adolescent-mortality#global-health#health#health-inequities#life-expectancy#noncommunicable-diseases
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- High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns The Guardian
- Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising CNN
- Heart disease back as top global killer as study highlights 'toll' of chronic conditions, rising youth deaths CBC
- Death rates are rising in young adults in Eastern Europe politico.eu
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