"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Life Expectancy".
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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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Li Y, Wang K, Jigeer G, Jensen G, Tucker KL, Lv Y, Shi X, Gao X. Healthy Lifestyle and the Likelihood of Becoming a Centenarian. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 06 03; 7(6):e2417931.
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Thielking AM, Fitzmaurice KP, Sewpaul R, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Dike L, Levy DE, Rigotti NA, Siedner MJ, Wood R, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA, Hyle EP, Reddy KP. Tobacco smoking, smoking cessation and life expectancy among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a simulation modelling study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Jun; 27(6):e26315.
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N??ez ER, Bolton RE, Boudreau JH, Sliwinski SK, Herbst AN, Kearney LE, Caverly TJ, Wiener RS. "It Can't Hurt!": Why Many Patients With Limited Life Expectancy Decide to Accept Lung Cancer Screening. Ann Fam Med. 2024 Mar-Apr; 22(2):95-102.
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Muchira JM, Gona PN, Mogos MF, Stuart-Shor EM, Leveille SG, Piano MR, Hayman LL. Association of Parental Cardiovascular Health With Disability-Adjusted Life Years in the Offspring: Results From the Framingham Heart Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 01; 16(1):e008809.
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Chen Q, Lapane K, Nunes AP, Tjia J, Hugunin J, Alcusky M. Prevalence and the factors associated with oral anticoagulant use among nursing home residents. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2021 Dec; 46(6):1714-1728.
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Pederson T. Nonagenarians-centenarians in enduring practice. FASEB J. 2021 05; 35(5):e21566.
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Campos MR, Schramm JMA, Emmerick ICM, Rodrigues JM, Avelar FG, Pimentel TG. Burden of disease from COVID-19 and its acute and chronic complications: reflections on measurement (DALYs) and prospects for the Brazilian Unified National Health System. Cad Saude Publica. 2020; 36(11):e00148920.
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Sohlberg EM, Thomas IC, Yang J, Kapphahn K, Daskivich TJ, Skolarus TA, Shelton JB, Makarov DV, Bergman J, Bang CK, Goldstein MK, Wagner TH, Brooks JD, Desai M, Leppert JT. Life expectancy estimates for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. Urol Oncol. 2020 09; 38(9):734.e1-734.e10.
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Whitfield KE, Forrester S, Thorpe RJ. A Comparison of Variances in Age Cohorts to Understand Longevity in African Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 11 13; 74(Suppl_1):S27-S31.
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Mack DS, Lapane KL. Screening Mammography Among Older Women: A Review of United States Guidelines and Potential Harms. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 06; 28(6):820-826.