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== Life expectancy, as of 2010 == {{Main list|List of countries by life expectancy}} [[File:Life Expectancy in OECD.svg|thumb|upright 1.3|LEB in OECD countries]] Various factors contribute to an individual's longevity. Significant factors in life expectancy include [[gender]], [[genetics]], access to [[health care]], [[hygiene]], diet and [[nutrition]], [[exercise]], [[lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]], and [[crime rates]]. Below is a list of life expectancies in different types of countries:<ref name="ciawfb2010">{{cite web | title = Life expectancy at birth | publisher = The US [[Central Intelligence Agency]] | date = 2010 | work = [[CIA World Factbook]] | access-date = 12 January 2011 | url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth/country-comparison | archive-date = 11 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220611180110/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/life-expectancy-at-birth/country-comparison/ | url-status = live }}</ref> *[[Developed country|Developed countries]]: 77β90 years (e.g. [[Canada]]: 81.29 years, 2010 est.) *[[Developing country|Developing countries]]: 32β80 years (e.g. [[Mozambique]]: 41.37 years, 2010 est.) [[Life tables|Population longevities]] are increasing as life expectancies around the world grow:<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html|title=Life expectancy at birth, Country Comparison to the World|publisher=US [[Central Intelligence Agency]]|date=n.d.|work=CIA World Factbook|access-date=12 Jan 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003434/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html |archive-date=2007-06-13}}</ref><ref name="ciawfb2002">The US [[Central Intelligence Agency]], 2002, [[CIA World Factbook]], retrieved 12 January 2011, [http://www.theodora.com/wfb/2002/index.html theodora.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210121008/https://www.theodora.com/wfb/2002/index.html |date=2021-02-10 }}</ref> *[[Australia]]: 80 years in 2002, 81.72 years in 2010 *[[France]]: 79.05 years in 2002, 81.09 years in 2010 *[[Germany]]: 77.78 years in 2002, 79.41 years in 2010 *[[Italy]]: 79.25 years in 2002, 80.33 years in 2010 *[[Japan]]: 81.56 years in 2002, 82.84 years in 2010 *[[Monaco]]: 79.12 years in 2002, 79.73 years in 2011 *[[Spain]]: 79.06 years in 2002, 81.07 years in 2010 *[[United Kingdom]]: 80 years in 2002, 81.73 years in 2010 *[[List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy|United States]]: 77.4 years in 2002, 78.24 years in 2010
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