平均寿命(へいきんじゅみょう)

へいきんじゅみょう
noun
average life expectancy
healthsociety
1. average life expectancy; average lifespan
How long people (or animals, or products) are expected to live on average; in statistics, life expectancy at birth.
日本(にほん)は平均寿命(へいきんじゅみょう)が長(なが)い。
Japan has a long average life expectancy.
女性(じょせい)の平均寿命(へいきんじゅみょう)は男性(だんせい)より長(なが)い。
Women's average life expectancy is longer than men's.
Thanks to advances in medicine, average life expectancy has risen greatly over the past century.

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  • 健康寿命(けんこうじゅみょう): healthy life expectancy, the years lived without needing care; often quoted beside 平均寿命(へいきんじゅみょう) in Japanese health news
  • 寿命(じゅみょう): lifespan (of a person or a thing)