Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year's 'World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs'.
Life expectancy increased by 5 years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s. Those gains reverse declines during the 1990s, when life expectancy fell in Africa because of the AIDS epidemic and in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The increase was greatest in the African Region of WHO where life expectancy

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