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Descriptor English:
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Life Expectancy at Birth
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Descriptor Spanish:
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esperanza de vida al nacer
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Expectativa de Vida ao Nascer
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Tree Number:
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SP3.076.187.173.124
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Definition English:
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Average number of years a newborn baby can be expected to live if current mortality trends continue. Corresponds to the total number of years a given birth cohort can be expected to live divided by the number of children in the cohort. Life expectancy at birth is partly dependent on mortality in the first year of life; therefore it is lower in poor than in rich countries because of the higher infant and child mortality rates in the former. (From: A Dictionary of Epidemiology / edited for the International Epidemiological Association by Miquel Porta; associate editors, John M. Last [et al.]. 5th ed, 2008) |
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Record Number:
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50282
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