"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Telomere Length, Health, and Mortality in a Cohort of Older Black South African Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 10 28; 78(11):1983-1990.
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Impact of diabetes on longevity and disability-free life expectancy among older South African adults: A prospective longitudinal analysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Mar; 197:110577.
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Application of a hemophilia mortality framework to the Emicizumab Global Safety Database. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 01; 19 Suppl 1:32-41.
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Establishment of a framework for assessing mortality in persons with congenital hemophilia A and its application to an adverse event reporting database. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 01; 19 Suppl 1:21-31.
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Factors associated with COVID-19 infections and mortality in Africa: a cross-sectional study using publicly available data. BMJ Open. 2020 11 11; 10(11):e042750.
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Current Challenges and Solutions in Research and Clinical Care of Older Persons Living with HIV: Findings Presented at the 9th International Workshop on HIV and Aging. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Nov/Dec; 35(11-12):985-998.
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Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2019 09; 13(5):484-495.
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Bispecific Antibody Emicizumab for Haemophilia A: A Breakthrough for Patients with Inhibitors. BioDrugs. 2018 Dec; 32(6):561-570.
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The effect of lomitapide on cardiovascular outcome measures in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A modelling analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017 11; 24(17):1843-1850.
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Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study. BMC Public Health. 2017 02 17; 17(1):206.