"Life Expectancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.
| Descriptor ID |
D008017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.450 N01.224.935.464 N06.850.505.400.975.450 N06.850.520.308.985.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Expectancy- Life Expectancy
- Expectancies, Life
- Expectancy, Life
- Life Expectancies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Projected Survival Benefit of Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair versus Observation for Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Limited Life Expectancy. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Nov; 120:345-353.
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Increased cardiovascular morbidity and reduced life expectancy in a large Italian cohort of patients with resistance to thyroid hormone ? (RTH?). Eur J Endocrinol. 2024 Sep 30; 191(4):407-415.
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Designing an Implementable Clinical Prediction Model for Near-Term Mortality and Long-Term Survival in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 07; 84(1):73-82.
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New ASH initiatives to improve patient care in the long-overlooked sickle cell disease. Blood. 2023 07 20; 142(3):230-234.
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Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first 2 years of the pandemic. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 08 25; 44(3):e353-e358.
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Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first year of the pandemic. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 03 07; 44(1):e20-e25.
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Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the United States. J Public Health (Oxf). 2020 11 23; 42(4):717-722.
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Life expectancy estimates for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. Urol Oncol. 2020 09; 38(9):734.e1-734.e10.
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Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Inj Prev. 2020 10; 26(Supp 1):i96-i114.
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Derivation of a cost-saving screening strategy for asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2020 01; 167(1):155-159.