expectancy

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The researchers collected data on life-expectancy, then surveyed older people from each country to find out whether they felt that illness had limited their ability to carry out normal activities.

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  1. noun The act or state of expecting; expectation: Tense with expectancy, I waited for my name to be called.
  2. noun The state of being expected.
  3. noun Something expected.
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  • Dillin noted that for a human in the United States, whose life expectancy is about 78 years, a 20 percent increase in longevity would mean living to 96. —  HHMI News
  • Life expectancy -- 60.8 yrs.: male, 57.6 yrs.; female 64.2 (2005 UNDP estimate) *.
  • Health: Life expectancy -- men 75.2 years, women 77.8 years.
  • Life expectancy -- men 76 yrs., women 80 yrs. Work force (2004 est.):
  • Life expectancy -- 68.5 yrs. Work force (23 million):
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/ɛksˈpɛktəns, tənsi/
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