expectancy

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The rare genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years.

From BBC

Originally, the Scottish bill did not have a life expectancy timescale.

From BBC

It is incurable, with a median life expectancy of 12 to 18 months—in other words, a death sentence.

From Barron's

One problem, as Fronstin puts it, is that “average” life expectancy doesn’t really help any individual very much — half of people will live longer than the average, and some will live much longer.

From MarketWatch

In 2024, life expectancy at birth was 79 years for the total U.S. population, with female life expectancy of 81.4 and male life expectancy of 76.5, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From MarketWatch