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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 19 January 2012 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)57. Life expectancy falls in Spain
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_33423.shtml
Latest statistics show that life expectancy in Spain has fallen, not by much, but still breaking an upward trend which has lasted nearly half a century.
For men the life expectancy now stands at 78.87 years, while for women it is 84.82 according to the National Statistics Institute. That makes the average for the country 81.87, down 0.8 on 2010.
Life expectancy ranges from 83.68 in Navarra and 83.43 in Madrid to 78.85 in Ceuta and 80.7 years in Andalucía.
Albert Esteve from the Centre for Demographic Studies at the Barcelona Autonomous University, said that although the reduction is very small and could be possibly irrelevant, we have to pay attention to it as it breaks the tendency of the last 50 years. He noted that in general, Spaniards have been gaining another year of life expectancy every four years, and have one of the longest life expectancies in the world.
Margarita Delgado from the CSIC, the Superior Council for Scientific Investigation, noted that the economic crisis is a negative factor when it comes to having children. The public powers are very busy trying to bring confidence to the markets, but we have to also give the citizens confidence, she said. They need confidence in the future in order to build a family and decide to have children.
The new numbers show that births were down 1.1% in the first half of 2011 compared to the year previously, and 35.5% of new mothers are not married.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_33423.shtml#ixzz1jugj63X7
Latest statistics show that life expectancy in Spain has fallen, not by much, but still breaking an upward trend which has lasted nearly half a century.
For men the life expectancy now stands at 78.87 years, while for women it is 84.82 according to the National Statistics Institute. That makes the average for the country 81.87, down 0.8 on 2010.
Life expectancy ranges from 83.68 in Navarra and 83.43 in Madrid to 78.85 in Ceuta and 80.7 years in Andalucía.
Albert Esteve from the Centre for Demographic Studies at the Barcelona Autonomous University, said that although the reduction is very small and could be possibly irrelevant, we have to pay attention to it as it breaks the tendency of the last 50 years. He noted that in general, Spaniards have been gaining another year of life expectancy every four years, and have one of the longest life expectancies in the world.
Margarita Delgado from the CSIC, the Superior Council for Scientific Investigation, noted that the economic crisis is a negative factor when it comes to having children. The public powers are very busy trying to bring confidence to the markets, but we have to also give the citizens confidence, she said. They need confidence in the future in order to build a family and decide to have children.
The new numbers show that births were down 1.1% in the first half of 2011 compared to the year previously, and 35.5% of new mothers are not married.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_33423.shtml#ixzz1jugj63X7
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