Extreme flu, obesity and diabetes among reasons advances into old age stall
Life expectancy in Ireland and other European countries may be plateauing after decades of continuous improvement, new research indicates.
The impact of economic downturns on overall death rates is less consistent, according to the OECD research. Europe’s most successful economies, such as Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands, have experienced a greater slowdown in improvements in life expectancy than Ireland and other countries where austerity was most severe, it points out.
Life expectancy in Ireland is still rising, as this country continues to catch up on our European neighbours. For men aged 65, it grew 1.3 years in 2006-2011, and by 0.7 years in 2011-2016; for women, the increases were one year and 0.2 years, respectively.
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