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life expectancy
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life expectancy
n.
The number of years that an individual is expected to live as determined by statistics.
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Noun1.life expectancy - an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
anticipation, expectancy - something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
Translations

life expectancy nesperanza de vida
life expectancy nespérance f de vie
life expectancy life nLebenserwartung f
life expectancy ndurata media della vita


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Have students search the almanac for countries with life expectancies in the 40s.
The study, published in the online science journal PLoS Medicine, found more than 30 years separate Americans with the greatest life expectancies from those with the lowest.
Insureds' life expectancies range from three to 15 or more years, and prices paid for the policies are determined by underwriting.
 
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