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Living to our full potential: Reassessing global sex inequalities in life expectancy

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Benchmarking life expectancy against what is achievable reveals how sex disadvantage shifts by age, place, and time, and reframes inequality as unrealized potential due to social and structural constraints rather than differences in biology.

Source: PLoS Medicine

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004987

Authors: Ann M. Weber, Gary L. Darmstadt

Institutions: University of Nevada, Reno, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Sex and Gender in Healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,460