Bibliograph

Rising life expectancy, a global history, James C. Riley

Type

Label

Rising life expectancy, a global history, James C. Riley

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rising life expectancy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1181760606

Responsibility statement

James C. Riley

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

a global history

Summary

Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years, and to more than 75 years in favored countries. This dramatic change, called the health transition, is characterized by a transition both in how long people expected to live, and how they expected to die. The most common age at death jumped from infancy to old age. Most people lived to know their children as adults, and most children became acquainted with their grandparents. Whereas earlier people died chiefly from infectious diseases with a short course, by later decades they died from chronic diseases, often with a protracted course. The ranks of people living in their most economically productive years filled out, and the old became commonplace figures everywhere. Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History examines the way humans reduced risks to their survival, both regionally and globally, to promote world population growth and population aging.--, Provided by publisher

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