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Life Expectancy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Life Extension
  • Years of Potential Life Lost

Note

  • IM for human, NIM for animal; consider also LONGEVITY

Scope note

  • Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.

History note

  • was in Cat H & N 1979-81; was in Cat N only 1968-78; was in Cat G only 1967; was in Cat G & I 1963-66

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