"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 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Years of life lost in patients with a false-negative diagnosis of primary melanoma. A prospective study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry involving 9063 patients over 28 years. Nat Commun. 2026 07 02; 17(1).
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Multilingualism and aging: Country-level patterns may not support individual-level causal claims. Brain Lang. 2026 May; 276:105735.
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Life-extending interventions do not necessarily result in compression of morbidity: a case example offering a robust statistical approach. Geroscience. 2026 02; 48(1):263-281.
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Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet. 2025 Oct 18; 406(10513):1811-1872.
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Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950-2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet. 2025 Oct 18; 406(10513):1731-1810.
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Years of life lost due to central nervous system tumor subtypes in the United States. Neuro Oncol. 2025 Oct 01; 27(10):2738-2746.
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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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Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jul 10; 393(2):125-138.
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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.