"Life Expectancy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.
| Descriptor ID |
D008017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.450 N01.224.935.464 N06.850.505.400.975.450 N06.850.520.308.985.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Expectancy- Life Expectancy
- Expectancies, Life
- Expectancy, Life
- Life Expectancies
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Life Expectancy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Expectancy" by people in Profiles.
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Using an Automated Electronic Health Record Score To Estimate Life Expectancy In Men Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer In The Veterans Health Administration. Urology. 2021 09; 155:70-76.
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Prognostic Awareness and Goals of Care Discussions Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 09; 13(9):e006502.
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Life expectancy estimates for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Veterans Health Administration. Urol Oncol. 2020 09; 38(9):734.e1-734.e10.
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Principled decisions and virtuous care: an ethical assessment of the SIAARTI Guidelines for allocating intensive care resources. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 08; 86(8):872-876.
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European LeukemiaNet 2020 recommendations for treating chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 2020 04; 34(4):966-984.
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Reply by Authors. J Urol. 2020 02; 203(2):421.
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The Impact of Biomarker Screening and Cascade Genetic Testing on the Cost-Effectiveness of MODY Genetic Testing. Diabetes Care. 2019 12; 42(12):2247-2255.
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Breast reconstruction in the patient with stable, metastatic breast cancer. Breast J. 2020 02; 26(2):335-336.
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External Validation of the Prostate Cancer Specific Comorbidity Index: A Claims Based Tool for the Prediction of Life Expectancy in Men with Prostate Cancer. J Urol. 2019 09; 202(3):518-524.
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Model to Calculate Harms and Benefits of Early vs Delayed Liver Transplantation for Patients With Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis. Gastroenterology. 2019 08; 157(2):472-480.e5.