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Life Expectancy
The average number of additional years a person could expect to live if current mortality trends were to continue for the rest of that person's life. Most commonly cited as life expectancy at birth.
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Life Span
The maximum age that human beings could reach under optimum conditions.
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All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission
from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by
Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.
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