Developments in life expectancy in Germany. Current trends.
EUROPEAN COMPARISON
GENDER
LIFE EXPECTANCY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
Journal
Journal of health monitoring
ISSN: 2511-2708
Titre abrégé: J Health Monit
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101757730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
20
12
2018
accepted:
01
02
2019
entrez:
11
2
2022
pubmed:
14
3
2019
medline:
14
3
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Since the beginning of the 1990s, life expectancy in Germany has increased by 4.2 years among women (to 83.2 years), and by 5.9 years among men (to 78.4 years). This rise is related to the increasing convergence of life expectancy in Germany's new and old federal states. Recently, life expectancy among women in the new federal states has even risen slightly above the level found in the old federal states. In addition, differences between socioeconomic groups continue to be observed in Germany. Women in the highest income group have a 4.4-year longer life expectancy than women in the lowest income group. Similarly, an 8.6-year difference exists between men in the highest income group and men in the lowest income group. Influenza waves can adversely affect the development of life expectancy in certain calendar years. In comparison to other European countries, Germany has a mid-range life expectancy: the current difference between life expectancy in Germany and Switzerland (the European country with the highest life expectancy) is 2.7 years.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35146242
doi: 10.25646/5873
pmc: PMC8822249
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
38-45Informations de copyright
© Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
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