China’s Life Expectancy Rises to Nearly 75
China’s life expectancy is 5 years above the world average but still 5 years less than in developed countries.
China’s average life expectancy rose to 74.83 years as of the end of 2010, 3.43 years greater than that of 2000, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) using data from the sixth national census t.
Analyzed by gender, the average life expectancy among Chinese men was 72.38 years, 2.75 years longer than that of 2000. Meanwhile, the average life expectancy for Chinese women rose 4.04 years to 77.37 years.
The female-male gap widened to 4.99 years in 2010 from 3.7 years in 2000, according to the NBS.
Data provided by the NBS showed that while the average global life expectancy was 69.6 years in 2010, those living in high-income countries or regions enjoyed an average lifespan of 79.8 years.
A human rights action plan released by the Chinese government in June predicted that the number of Chinese people aged above 65 will rise sharply to 323 million, or more than 23 percent of the nation’s population, by 2050.
– China Daily
A 2010 Statistics Canada report on births and deaths showed life expectancy at birth reached 80.7 years for the three-year-period between 2005 and 2007, up 0.2 years from an average of 80.5 between 2004 and 2006. In 1995 to 1997, life expectancy at birth was 78.4.
– CBC
Incidentally, life expectancy in India was 64.78 in 2009, according to a 2010 World Bank report.