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<p>In new research, experts have projected that global life expectancy will increase by nearly five years by 2025. However, factors like&nbsp;high blood pressure and obesity will force people to spend more years battling their poor health.</p>

<p>The findings&nbsp;were published&nbsp;as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study&nbsp;2021.&nbsp;The study&nbsp;was published&nbsp;in the medical journal&nbsp;The Lancet<em>&nbsp;</em>on Thursday (May 16).</p>

<p>Lead&nbsp;research scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation&nbsp;(IHMEE) at the University of Washington and research head Liane Ong said, "Future trends may be quite different than past trends because of factors such as climate change and increasing obesity and addiction."</p>

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<p>It&nbsp;was predicted&nbsp;by the Global Burden of Diseases team said that life expectancy is likely to increase from 71.1 years to 76 years&nbsp;for men&nbsp;and from 76.2 years to 80.5 years for women.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;biggest&nbsp;gains will&nbsp;be made&nbsp;by the countries&nbsp;which currently have lower life expectancies.</p>

<p>"This is an indicator that while health inequalities between the highest and lowest income regions will remain, the gaps are shrinking, with the biggest increases anticipated in&nbsp;sub-Saharan Africa," stated IMHEE director&nbsp;Dr Chris Murray.</p>

<p>According to the researchers, this trend&nbsp;is&nbsp;mostly driven&nbsp;by public health measures which have improved survival rates and prevented deaths from diseases like COVID-19, heart disease, and a range of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases.</p>

<h2><strong>Obesity and&nbsp;high blood pressure negatively impact health of people</strong></h2>

<p>It was found by the researchers that the total number of years lost by people is almost 49.4 per cent since 2000&nbsp;because of metabolic risk factors like high blood sugar,&nbsp;high body mass index (BMI) and high blood pressure.</p>

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<p>Low birth weight, smoking&nbsp;and air pollution were also some of the&nbsp;largest&nbsp;contributors to the number of years lost in life due to poor health and early death.</p>

<p>"There is immense opportunity ahead for us to influence the future of global health by getting ahead of these rising metabolic and dietary risk factors, particularly those related to behavioural and lifestyle factors like high blood sugar,&nbsp;high&nbsp;body mass index, and&nbsp;high&nbsp;blood pressure," said Murray.</p>

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In new research, experts have projected that global life expectancy will increase by nearly five years by 2025. However, factors like high blood pressure and obesity will force people to spend more years battling their poor health.

In new research, experts have projected that global life expectancy will increase by nearly five years by 2025. However, factors like high blood pressure and obesity will force people to spend more years battling their poor health. The findings were published as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2021. The study was published in the medical journal The Lancet on Thursday (May 16). Lead research scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHMEE) at the University of Washington and research head Liane Ong said, "Future trends may be quite different than past trends because of factors such as climate change and increasing obesity and addiction." Also Read: Deaths due to heat at all-time high; heatwaves in Europe linked to 30% increase in fatalities It was predicted by the Global Burden of Diseases team said that life expectancy is likely to increase from 71.1 years to 76 years for men and from 76.2 years to 80.5 years for women. The biggest gains will be made by the countries which currently have lower life expectancies. "This is an indicator that while health inequalities between the highest and lowest income regions will remain, the gaps are shrinking, with the biggest increases anticipated in sub-Saharan Africa," stated IMHEE director Dr Chris Murray. According to the researchers, this trend is mostly driven by public health measures which have improved survival rates and prevented deaths from diseases like COVID-19, heart disease, and a range of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. Obesity and high blood pressure negatively impact health of people It was found by the researchers that the total number of years lost by people is almost 49.4 per cent since 2000 because of metabolic risk factors like high blood sugar, high body mass index (BMI) and high blood pressure. Watch: India: Crowdfunding helps toddler get life-saving $2 mn jab Low birth weight, smoking and air pollution were also some of the largest contributors to the number of years lost in life due to poor health and early death. "There is immense opportunity ahead for us to influence the future of global health by getting ahead of these rising metabolic and dietary risk factors, particularly those related to behavioural and lifestyle factors like high blood sugar, high body mass index, and high blood pressure," said Murray. (With inputs from agencies)

Global life expectancy to increase but people to spend more time battling health issues: Study

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<p>A recent study has said that global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021. The study, <strong><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00367-2/fulltext#seccestitle220">published in the Lancet journal on Wednesday</a></strong> (Apr 3), said that the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 cause-of-death analysis estimated mortality and years of life lost (YLLs) from 288 causes of death by age-sex-location-year in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations for each year from 1990 until 2021.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The study said that the leading causes of age-standardised deaths globally were the same in 2019 as they were in 1990- in descending order, these were ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lower respiratory infections.</p>

<h2><strong>Covid disrupted long-standing gains in life expectancy</strong></h2>

<p>In 2021, COVID-19 replaced stroke as the second-leading age-standardised cause of death. "The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the rankings of the leading five causes, lowering stroke to the third-leading and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the fourth-leading position," the study added.</p>

<p>"Long-standing gains in life expectancy and reductions in many of the leading causes of death have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the adverse effects of which were spread unevenly among populations," it said.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>From 1990 to 2019, the global increase in life expectancy totalled 7.8 years. However, from 2019 to 2021, there was a global decline in life expectancy of 2.2 years due to deaths from COVID-19 and Other Pandemic Related Mortality (OPRM) combined.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This decrease was partly offset by reductions in other diseases, for a net reduction in global life expectancy of 1.6 years. Despite this notable reduction, researchers observed an overall increase in life expectancy of 6.2 years across the entire study period.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The study further said that among the various contributing factors to a change in life expectancy, the cause with the greatest effect on the increase in life expectancy worldwide was the reduction in deaths caused by enteric infections which include diarrhoeal, typhoid, and paratyphoid diseases.</p>

<p>A reduction in deaths from these diseases has been responsible for a substantial increase in life expectancy of 1.1 years between 1990 and 2021.&nbsp;</p>

<h2><strong>'A nuanced picture of world's health'</strong></h2>

<p>Dr Liane Ong, co-first author of the study, said in a statement that the analysis presented a nuanced picture of the world's health. "On one hand, we see countries' monumental achievements in preventing deaths from diarrhoea and stroke. At the same time, we see how much the COVID-19 pandemic has set us back," Dr Ong said in a statement.&nbsp;</p>

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A recent study has said that global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021. The study, published in the Lancet journal on Wednesday (Apr 3), said that the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 cause-of-death analysis estimated mortality and years of life lost (YLLs) from 288 causes of death by age-sex-location-year in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations for each year from 1990 until 2021.

A recent study has said that global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021. The study, published in the Lancet journal on Wednesday (Apr 3), said that the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 cause-of-death analysis estimated mortality and years of life lost (YLLs) from 288 causes of death by age-sex-location-year in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations for each year from 1990 until 2021. The study said that the leading causes of age-standardised deaths globally were the same in 2019 as they were in 1990- in descending order, these were ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lower respiratory infections. Covid disrupted long-standing gains in life expectancy In 2021, COVID-19 replaced stroke as the second-leading age-standardised cause of death. "The COVID-19 pandemic shifted the rankings of the leading five causes, lowering stroke to the third-leading and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the fourth-leading position," the study added. "Long-standing gains in life expectancy and reductions in many of the leading causes of death have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the adverse effects of which were spread unevenly among populations," it said. Also read | Know how much global life expectancy dropped during COVID-19 pandemic From 1990 to 2019, the global increase in life expectancy totalled 7.8 years. However, from 2019 to 2021, there was a global decline in life expectancy of 2.2 years due to deaths from COVID-19 and Other Pandemic Related Mortality (OPRM) combined. This decrease was partly offset by reductions in other diseases, for a net reduction in global life expectancy of 1.6 years. Despite this notable reduction, researchers observed an overall increase in life expectancy of 6.2 years across the entire study period. Also watch | COVID pandemic anniversary: How a virus led to collapse of global health system | WION Decodes × The study further said that among the various contributing factors to a change in life expectancy, the cause with the greatest effect on the increase in life expectancy worldwide was the reduction in deaths caused by enteric infections which include diarrhoeal, typhoid, and paratyphoid diseases. A reduction in deaths from these diseases has been responsible for a substantial increase in life expectancy of 1.1 years between 1990 and 2021. 'A nuanced picture of world's health' Dr Liane Ong, co-first author of the study, said in a statement that the analysis presented a nuanced picture of the world's health. "On one hand, we see countries' monumental achievements in preventing deaths from diarrhoea and stroke. At the same time, we see how much the COVID-19 pandemic has set us back," Dr Ong said in a statement.

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Global life expectancy to increase but people to spend more time battling health issues: Study

Global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2021: Study