A multidisciplinary study that reconstructs Jamaica's rise from low to high life expectancy and explains how that was achieved. Jamaica is one of the... Læs mere
Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years. Rising Life Expectancy examines the way humans reduced risks to their survival, both regionally and globally, to promote world population growth and population aging.