{"id":29559,"date":"2021-03-10T06:15:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/?p=29559"},"modified":"2023-10-15T19:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T19:54:27","slug":"lifex-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/lifex-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Life Expectancy in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 54px; width: 98.3113%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 87px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #02030f; height: 54px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Nova Light;\">Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb<\/span>\ud83c\udfa8<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">What countries have the highest and lowest life expectancy (LIFEX) in Africa? Could there any factors influencing life expectancy? Do Island Countries have a longer LIFEX?\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29560\" src=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/provisioservices.com\/staging\/6461\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/africa-age-Copy.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Of the three most populous countries in the continent (Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt), Nigeria is the only country with life expectancy below 50 and below the continent&#8217;s average.<\/li>\n<li>Within North Africa, Sudan has the lowest life expectancy. However, North African countries have the highest life expectancy numbers in the continent.<\/li>\n<li>Of the top ten African countries with the highest life expectancy, 5 are from North Africa. Additionally, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco (all Northern Africa) have the highest life expectancy in the continent. There is no Southern African country in the top 10.<\/li>\n<li>Aside Comoros, the Island nations within Africa have a higher expectancy than the continent&#8217;s average.<\/li>\n<li>Three of the Island nations (Mauritius, Seychelles and Cape Verde) feature in the top 10 countries with highest life expectancy in Africa.<\/li>\n<li>While the continent&#8217;s average life expectancy is 63, Central Africa and West Africa have 50% and 44% of countries with life expectancy below 60 respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 754px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" defer src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/lFFSA\/embed.js?v=3\" charset=\"utf-8\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/lFFSA\/full.png\" alt=\"This table lists the life expectancy in Africa using 2018 data from World Bank\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why We L\ud83d\udc40ked Into This \u00bb\ud83c\udfa8 What countries have the highest and lowest life expectancy (LIFEX) in Africa? Could there any factors influencing life expectancy? 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