Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries DOI Creative Commons
Jennifer B. Dowd, Antonino Polizzi, Andrea M. Tilstra

и другие.

Population and Development Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2024

Abstract Steady and significant improvements in life expectancy have been a bright spot for human progress the last century or more. Recently, this success has shown signs of faltering some high‐income countries, where mortality slowed even reversed since early 2010s. Combined with large shock COVID‐19 pandemic, guaranteed forward feels less certain. We review trends countries 2000 through pandemic. While deteriorating United States received most attention, including Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Greece, Germany are also seeing slowdowns. Before COVID‐19, these slowdowns largely reflected stalling cardiovascular disease increases deaths from external causes young midlife worst‐performing countries. discuss prospects future lingering impacts challenges opportunities related to obesity epidemic, emerging reasons both optimism pessimism. biological limits increased may eventually dominate long‐term trends, human‐made social factors currently holding many back already achievable best‐practice will be key near‐term improvements.

Язык: Английский

Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries DOI Creative Commons
Jennifer B. Dowd, Antonino Polizzi, Andrea M. Tilstra

и другие.

Population and Development Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2024

Abstract Steady and significant improvements in life expectancy have been a bright spot for human progress the last century or more. Recently, this success has shown signs of faltering some high‐income countries, where mortality slowed even reversed since early 2010s. Combined with large shock COVID‐19 pandemic, guaranteed forward feels less certain. We review trends countries 2000 through pandemic. While deteriorating United States received most attention, including Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Greece, Germany are also seeing slowdowns. Before COVID‐19, these slowdowns largely reflected stalling cardiovascular disease increases deaths from external causes young midlife worst‐performing countries. discuss prospects future lingering impacts challenges opportunities related to obesity epidemic, emerging reasons both optimism pessimism. biological limits increased may eventually dominate long‐term trends, human‐made social factors currently holding many back already achievable best‐practice will be key near‐term improvements.

Язык: Английский

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