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life expectancy

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Meaning

an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities

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The life expectancy in Hong Kong is among the highest in the world. You can come to only one conclusion: we have the most environmentally friendly place for people, for executives, for Hong Kong people to live. Donald Tsang

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. Doug Larson

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions. George Carlin

Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy. Laurell K. Hamilton

He had about the same life expectancy as a three legged hedgehog on a six lane motorway. Terry Pratchett

It is unacceptable that eight of the ten areas in the UK with the lowest life expectancy are in Glasgow. And it is surely a matter of national scandal that life expectancy in war torn Iraq remains higher than in some areas of the largest city in Scotland. Alex Salmond

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