The life expectancy of Brazilians has increased, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). There were several factors that led to this rise, among many, the country's economic growth, access to treated water and sewage, increased consumption, among others.
According to IBGE, the average life span of a Brazilian citizen is 72.7 years. Life expectancy or life expectancy corresponds to the number of years on average that a given population lives. This item is an important social indicator that serves to assess the quality of life of a population in a given place.
Despite the increase in the indexes of this social indicator, the country is still below the reality of many developed countries. The average percentage in Brazil in terms of life expectancy does not fully reflect reality, many regional particularities are camouflaged. Thus, we have different percentages of life expectancy that vary according to each state. Next, the life expectancy of the population of Brazilian states.
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Center-South States of Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul: 75 years
Santa Catarina: 75.3 years
Paraná: 74.1 years
São Paulo: 74.2 years
Rio de Janeiro: 73.1 years
Goiás: 71.4 years
Mato Grosso do Sul: 73.8 years
Mato Grosso: 73.1 years
Northern States of Brazil
Rondônia: 71.2 years
Acre: 71.4 years
Amazon: 71.6 years
Roraima: 69.9 years old
Amapá: 70.4 years
Pará: 72.0 years
North East
Maranhão: 67.6 years
Piauí: 68.9 years
Ceará: 70.3 years
Rio Grande do Norte: 70.4 years
Paraíba: 69.0 years
Pernambuco: 68.3 years
Alagoas: 66.8 years
Sergipe: 70.0 years.
These data reflect the existing inequality between the more economically and industrially developed areas and the less developed ones. Therefore, states in the Center-South (developed) have higher numbers than states in the North and Northeast regions (less developed).
By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
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