Today the life expectancy for someone with Down syndrome is sixty years.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Guinea Bissau has Africa's second lowest rating on the U.N.'s Human Development Index measuring life expectancy,education, and standards of living.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

The researchers found a 14-year difference in life expectancy between Asian-American and African-American men who can expect to live an average of 67 years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

African-American women are another group with low life expectancy because of their high rates of obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

In the 20th century, life expectancy in wealthy nations increased by as much as 30 years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"African-American men in the south have the lowest life expectancy, along with African-American men living in high-risk urban areas, places like downtown Los Angeles."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

At the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Maryland, Oncologist Victor Priego says the life expectancy of someone with Daniel's disease is about 4 months.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

He notes that broad policy changes that reduce reliance on fuels like coal and wood are being implemented and are beginning to have a positive impact on life expectancy.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Many will need high levels of care. Researchers say that dramatically increasing global life expectancy makes it imperative to find solutions that prevent, delay,slow,and treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"What we found was that high blood pressure,smoking, overweight/obesity and high blood glucose account for five years of loss of life expectancy in men and about four years in women at the national level."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Average life expectancy for Americans is 78.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Life expectancy in Guinea Bissau is 47.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Many of them are emerging from conflicts. And,sub-Saharan Africa in particular, especially in Eastern and Southern Africa are facing major problems of HIV, which has had a huge impact on especially child mortality, life expectancy in general.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21