We have become exceptionally good at extending lifespan. Now we must focus on extending healthspan
Open this photo in gallery:Data suggest Canadians can expect to spend about 17 per cent of their lives in poor health, writes André Picard.ipopba/iStockPhoto / Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountPeople around the world are living longer. IHME researchers analyzed data from the Global Burden of Disease Study from 1990 to 2003. In that time period, essentially a generation, global life expectancy increased to 73.8 years from 64.6 years, a difference of 9.2 years.
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- ▪IHME researchers analyzed data from the Global Burden of Disease Study from 1990 to 2003.
- ▪In that time period, essentially a generation, global life expectancy increased to 73.8 years from 64.6 years, a difference of 9.2 years.
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:00:01 +0000 |
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Open this photo in gallery:Data suggest Canadians can expect to spend about 17 per cent of their lives in poor health, writes André Picard.ipopba/iStockPhoto / Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountPeople around the world are living longer. But they’re also living those additional years in poor health, a “morbidity gap” which is growing fastest in wealthy countries like Canada and the United States.That is the paradoxical conclusion of new research published in the most recent edition of the journal Lancet Public Health.“Progress in healthy aging should be measured not only in lifespan, but in healthspan,” said Christopher Murray, the lead researcher, and director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Education (IHME) at the…
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