United Arab Emirates Named Amongst Countries With The Shortest Life Expectancy In The World By Study
New research has revealed the top 10 countries with the shortest life expectancy in the world and United Arab Emirates features in 4th place with an average life expectancy of 78.46 years.
Health experts at NiceRx have revealed the US states and countries with the highest and lowest healthcare expenditure in 2020, as well as those with the highest and lowest life expectancy and the longest and shortest hospital waiting times.
You can view the full research here – https://www.nicerx.com/best-healthcare-countries/
Top 10 countries with the shortest life expectancy
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Life Expectancy |
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Rank |
Country |
Males |
Females |
Both sexes |
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1 |
Latvia |
70.81 |
80.37 |
75.73 |
|
2 |
Romania |
73.13 |
79.91 |
76.50 |
|
3 |
Slovakia |
74.59 |
81.35 |
78.00 |
|
4 |
United Arab Emirates |
77.79 |
79.80 |
78.46 |
|
5 |
United States |
76.61 |
81.65 |
79.11 |
|
6 |
Estonia |
74.98 |
83.06 |
79.18 |
|
7 |
Czech Republic |
77.33 |
82.35 |
79.85 |
|
8 |
Denmark |
79.54 |
83.27 |
81.40 |
|
9 |
Cyprus |
79.55 |
83.45 |
81.51 |
|
10 |
United Kingdom |
80.22 |
83.28 |
81.77 |
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Norway has the longest healthcare waiting times of the countries profiled, with the country scoring a normalised waiting time score of 8.13. In comparison, Denmark has the shortest healthcare waiting times, with a score of 2.0/10.
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The US has the highest health expenditure in the world at over $12,000 per capita. This figure is over $5,000 more than Germany, which has the second highest total.
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Hong Kong has been named the country with the longest life expectancy, averaging 85.29 years. The male life expectancy averaged 82.38 years, compared to the female life expectancy at 88.17 years.
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