By Tarun Sai Lomte – News Medical Life Sciences –
In a recent study published in the journal Communications Medicine, researchers Armin Garmany and Andre Terzic at the Mayo Clinic in the USA mapped the healthspan-lifespan gap across world regions and identified gap-associated indicators.
Human life expectancy continues to increase, surpassing previously established longevity ceilings. However, life expectancy gains have not been matched with equivalent healthy longevity gains, leading to a healthspan-lifespan gap, which is the difference between lifespan (the number of years lived) and healthspan (the number of years lived in good health). Mapping the healthspan-lifespan gap is particularly relevant in the context of socioeconomic, geographic, and health inequity.
