life expectancy

statistical measure of how long a person or organism may live, based on factors of their life
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Summary

life expectancy is an assessment method[1]. It draws 10,334 Wikipedia views per month (assessment method category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: public health[3]
  • Subclass of: estimation[4], 平均寿命[5], health indicator[6], lifetime[7]
  • Commons category: Life expectancy[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Life expectancy[9]
  • Commons gallery: Life expectancy[10]
  • Facet of: life[11], lifestyle[12], eating[13], physical exercise[14], quality of life[15]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2250[17]
  • Uses: attributable risk[18]
  • Has list: list of countries by life expectancy[19], list of countries by past life expectancy[20], WB-WDI-SP.DYN.LE00.IN data series[21]
  • Characteristic of: organism[22], population[23], minority group[24]
  • P14541: 1NPk9g[25], 1m1mXs[26]
  • P14864: elinajanodote[27]

Why It Matters

life expectancy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → elinajanodote
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14864: elinajanodote, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789608241467"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → life-expectancy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: life-expectancy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941067|life expectancy (#289941067)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5943
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5943, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478281|EXPECTATION OF LIFE (#167478281)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Ency"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1NPk9g, 1m1mXs
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Experimental factor ontology id → 0004299
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Experimental factor ontology id: 0004299, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/154218497|life expectancy (#154218497)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6011|Exp"
  6. 15w ago · Ksarasola · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Comparison of male and female life expectancy -world.svg, The seven pillars of aging.jpg
    Has list → list of countries by life expectancy, list of countries by past life expectancy, WB-WDI-SP.DYN.LE00.IN data series
    Facet of → life, lifestyle, eating +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has list: WB-WDI-SP.DYN.LE00.IN data series"
  7. 17w ago · Sabrina2026 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → life, lifestyle, eating +2
    Svkkl authority id → 0221652-nadeje-doziti
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facet of: lifestyle"
  8. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 1228, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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