In a previous post we already took a look to life expectancy using Trendalyzer.
Here is a more conventional representation:
- made with processing, find the data here
What the graph shows is the following.
In 1960, the difference between the country with the longest life expectancy (then Norway) and the country with the shortest one (Turkey) was over 25 years. Now the difference between the values of Turkey and Japan is only 10 years.
On average, in OECD countries, life expectancy has increased by 10 years over the last 40 years, and the trend is continuing.
For more information on life expectancy check out Health at a Glance 2007, and Health Data 2008.
