Tag: expectancy
Life expectancy: how long do we live in retirement? Numbers
The government’s pension reform plan, including the announced postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, has raised many questions around life expectancy in France. What are the…
Life expectancy in France: the new figures for 2023
As of January 1, 2023, France has 68 million inhabitants according to INSEE, which at the same time publishes the latest figures on life expectancy for men and women. Summary…
Which region has the longest life expectancy in France?
News Published on 01/10/2023 at 11:52 am Updated 01/10/2023 at 11:52 am Reading 1 min. In which French region has the best life expectancy? The statistical office of the European…
The differences in life expectancy are getting bigger
Although Swedes’ health is generally getting better, the difference between socio-economic groups in Sweden is increasing, representatives of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Heart and Lung Foundation…
Spinal muscular atrophy: cause, types, life expectancy
Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic muscle disease that mainly affects babies and children, and rarely adults. The disease is caused by a mutation in a gene. Several forms exist…
Steinert’s disease: symptoms, life expectancy
Steinert’s disease is a rare disease that mainly affects the muscles. Of genetic and hereditary origin, it leads to progressive muscle weakness. What are the symptoms of this disease? How…
Life expectancy and Covid: how vaccines have protected us, by Pr Alain Fischer
Covid-19 is undoubtedly responsible for the death of more than 16 million people worldwide, including more than 150,000 in France. It thus comes to interrupt the continuous increase in life…
the life expectancy of babies in 2022 could exceed 90 years
The life expectancy of the French continues to lengthen. According to an INSEE study which was published this Thursday, November 10, the average life expectancy of babies born in 2022…
Covid-19: a drop in sustainable life expectancy in Eastern Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has branded the Old Continent with a red iron. Among the traces it has left, the drop in life expectancy unprecedented since the Second World War. This…
Lewy body disease: life expectancy, what is this dementia?
More common from the age of 50, Lewy body dementia is a neuro-evolving disease that affects the cognitive functions of the brain and resembles Alzheimer’s. The former weather presenter Catherine…