Synonyms for life expectancy
life ex·pectan·cy

Princeton's WordNet

1. life expectancynoun

   an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities

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1. • Anticipation

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1. Nora Volkow:

   It is distressing to see a continuing negative impact of drug overdose on the life expectancy of Americans. These deaths often occur in young adults and therefore represent a tragically high number of years of life lost and devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities, we have the science and the tools available to help us reverse this trend and reduce the number of overdose deaths in this country. But these tools are not being used effectively.

2. Dan Buettner:

   Life expectancy in America is about 79, we should be able to live to 92. Somewhere along the line, we're leaving 13 years on the table. So my quest is -- how do we get those extra 13 years? And how do we make those extra 13 years, good years?

3. Sean Parker:

   Very little progress has been made over the last several decades, average life expectancy has only increased three to six months with some of these drugs that cost billions to develop.

4. Martin McKee:

   I wasn't surprised by these findings, we've been publishing for several years reports, warning that life expectancy has been stagnating since 2015.

5. George Ploubidis:

   Earlier in the 20th century, a rise in life expectancy went hand in hand with an increase in healthy lifespan -- younger generations were living longer, healthier lives.