Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

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Global life expectancy rose from 48.1 years (men) and 52.9 years (women) in 1950 to 70.5 years (men) and 75.6 years (women) in 2017, with under-5 mortality dropping from 216 to 38.9 deaths per 1000 livebirths, though adult male mortality has stagnated or increased in some countries.

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