The trend is largely driven by public health measures
Life expectancy across the world is expected to increase by almost five years by 2050, new findings suggest.
Dr Chris Murray, chairman of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in the US, and director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation , said: "In addition to an increase in life expectancy overall, we have found that the disparity in life expectancy across geographies will lessen.
This study indicates that the ongoing shift from non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes and exposure to NCD-associated risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, unhealthy diet, and smoking will have the greatest effect on the impact of health issues of the next generation.
The research found that the total number of years lost due to poor health and early death attributable to metabolic risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high BMI, has increased by almost 50% since 2000.
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