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Life expectancy: Which Europeans are living the longest?
Life expectancy in EU is expected to become a key policy point as the continent struggles with an ageing population.
Where in Europe do people live the longest?
As demographics shift, life expectancy in the EU will only become more important as we grapple with an ageing population.
Young Europeans can expect to work longer than their parents
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German life expectancy decreased during COVID years
Average life expectancy in Germany dropped noticeably between 2019 and 2021, the national statistics office has said, a change that it attributes to unusually high numbers of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.
99% of the world's population is breathing unsafe air, WHO warns
Air pollution is as bad for global health as smoking - and 89 times as bad as war. New research calculates just how many life-years it steals from us.
EU's population decreases partly due to COVID-19, latest figures show
The natural population change — the difference between live births and deaths — tanked in 2020 to -2.5, likely due in part to the pandemic which has claimed the lives of over a million people across the EU.
Japanese researchers create a 'vaccine' against getting old
Researchers at a Tokyo university say their vaccine slowed the ageing process in mice, and could even aid the treatment of ageing-related diseases.
Haitian migrants cross Colombian jungle en route to US
Hundreds of Haitian migrants cross the Darien Gap jungle in Colombia to reach Panama on their way to a better life in the United States.
COVID-19 prompts life expectancy to fall in a majority of EU countries
According to Eurostat, the biggest drop was recorded in Spain, with a loss of 1.6 years on 2019.
France's life expectancy falls because of COVID pandemic, data reveals
France's life expectancy at birth dropped by six months for men and five months for women in 2020 compared to the previous year.
European life expectancy increases by 9 months due to less pollution
Consistent efforts to increase air quality over the last 20 years are paying off.