May 20, 2016
BBC News Africa

Life expectancy in Africa is rising twice as fast as the rest of the world
according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The WHO report says that since the year 2000 life expectancy in Africa has
risen by almost 10 years.

Now the average person on the continent can expect to live to 60 years of
age. But that's still 20 years less than a baby born in one of 29
high-income countries.

Dr Ties Boerma from the WHO told Newsday that one of the reasons is that
immunisation has decreased child mortality.
Where do people live longest in Africa?

We've already posted about the news, based on a WHO report
<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/health-inequalities-persist/en/>,
that
average life expectancy in Africa has risen by nearly 10 years since 2000.

But within the continent (and within countries) there is still a big spread.

Algeria sits at the top of the list with an average life expectancy of 75.6
years.

Sierra Leone is at the bottom with 50.1 years.

North Africa and the continent's island nations seem to be doing
particularly well.

Here are the top ten:

   1. Algeria - 75.6
   2. Tunisia - 75.3
   3. Mauritius - 74.6
   4. Morocco - 74.3
   5. Cape Verde - 73.3
   6. Seychelles - 73.2
   7. Libya - 72.7
   8. Egypt - 70.9
   9. Sao Tome - 67.5
   10. Senegal - 66.7

Ethiopia is 16th on the list with an average life expectancy of 64.8 years,
Kenya is 22nd with 63.4, Ghana is 25th with 62.4, Somalia is 47th with
55 and Nigeria is 48th with 54.5.
[image: Baby receiving oral medicine]AFP The WHO says mass immunisation is
one of the reasons behind why people are living longer
AFP
The WHO says mass immunisation is one of the reasons behind why people are
living longer





-- 
Ann Marie

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ignore."  -- Mardy Grothe

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