Rising Life Expectancy A Global History [Paperback]

This book traces the global history of rising life expectancy in the last 200 years.Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years, and to more than 75 years in favored countries. This dramatic change was called a health transition, characterized by a transition both in how long people expected to live, and how they expected to die. Rising Life Expectancy examines the way humans reduced risks to their survival, both regionally and globally, to promote world population growth and population aging.Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years, and to more than 75 years in favored countries. This dramatic change was called a health transition, characterized by a transition both in how long people expected to live, and how they expected to die. Rising Life Expectancy examines the way humans reduced risks to their survival, both regionally and globally, to promote world population growth and population aging.Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years, and to more than 75 years in favored countries. This dramatic change was called a health transition, characterized by a transition both in how long people expected to live, and how they expected to die. Rising Life Expectancy examines the way humans reduced risks to their survival, both regionally and globally, to promote world population growth and population aging.1. A brief overview of the health transition; 2. Public health; 3. Medicine; 4. Wealth, income, and economic development; 5. Famine, malnutrition, and diet; 6. Households and individual behavior; 7. Literacy and education. This book is a fine example of quality interdisciplinary research designed for a general audience, drawing on work from several fields to inform its conclusions...a well-researched, accessible, and well-written introduction to the health transition. Journal of Interdilcv