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OECD Report: Life Expectancy Rises in Greece

Life expectancy at birth has risen in Greece reaching 80.7 years, while the EU28 average is 79.2 years, according to a new OECD report. Published in “Health at a Glance: Europe 2014,” the figure puts Greece at 13th place among...

Eurostat: Life goes on…and on, in Greece despite crisis

Despite two years of harsh austerity measures and rising unemployment, life expectancy in Greece hasn’t dropped and young Greeks didn’t quit school to find work, as happened in other crisis-hit countries, according to Eurostat’s quality of life indicators for 2012. Data...

The Financial Crisis Reduces Life Expectancy By Up To Two Years

The average life expectancy of the contemporary generation will be diminished up to two years due to the financial crisis, which is also increasing the suicide rates by 30%. Another consequence of the crisis: many more people above the...