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Descriptor English: Life Expectancy
Descriptor Spanish: Esperanza de Vida
Descriptor esperanza de vida
Entry term(s) APVP
años de vida perdidos
años potenciales de vida perdidos
expectativa de vida
pérdida de años de vida
Scope note: Número de años que una persona de una determinada edad puede razonablemente esperar vivir, basándose en los datos estadísticos conocidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Expectativa de Vida
Descriptor French: Espérance de vie
Entry term(s): Expectancies, Life
Expectancy, Life
Life Expectancies
Life Extension
PYLL
Potential Years of Life Lost
Years of Life Lost
Years of Potential Life Lost
Tree number(s): E05.318.308.985.450
N01.224.935.464
N06.850.505.400.975.450
N06.850.520.308.985.450
SP3.311.300.392.356
SP5.467.413.330.144
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008017
Scope note: Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.
Annotation: IM for human, NIM for animal; consider also LONGEVITY
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
HI history
TD trends
History Note: was in Cat H & N 1979-81; was in Cat N only 1968-78; was in Cat G only 1967; was in Cat G & I 1963-66
Related: Longevity MeSH
Mortality, Premature MeSH
DeCS ID: 28628
Unique ID: D008017
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
Life Expectancy - Preferred
Concept UI M0012498
Scope note Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.
Preferred term Life Expectancy
Entry term(s) Expectancies, Life
Expectancy, Life
Life Expectancies
Years of Potential Life Lost - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0535196
Scope note Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.
Preferred term Years of Potential Life Lost
Entry term(s) PYLL
Potential Years of Life Lost
Years of Life Lost
Life Extension - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0012499
Scope note Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.
Scope note Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably be expected to live.
Preferred term Life Extension



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