Editing Life expectancy (section)

==== Africa ====
[[File:Comparison subsaharan life expectancy.svg|thumb|upright|Graphs of life expectancy at birth for some sub-Saharan countries showing the fall in the 1990s primarily due to the [[HIV pandemic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN/countries/1W|title=Life expectancy at birth, total (years)—Data|publisher=World Bank Group}}</ref>]]

During the last 200 years, African countries have generally not had the same improvements in mortality rates that have been enjoyed by countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wealth & Health of Nations|url=http://www.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=5.59290322580644;ti=2013$zpv;v=0$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=phAwcNAVuyj1jiMAkmq1iMg;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=phAwcNAVuyj2tPLxKvvnNPA;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=8.21;iid=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=CATID0;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=194;dataMax=96846$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=23;dataMax=86$map_s;sma=49;smi=2.65$cd;bd=0$inds=;example=75|access-date=26 June 2015|publisher=Gapminder Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=31 August 2022|title=Life Expectancy in the U.S. Dropped for the Second Year in a Row in 2021|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220831.htm|access-date=31 August 2022|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref> This is most apparent by the impact of [[AIDS]] on many African countries. According to projections made by the [[United Nations]] in 2002, the life expectancy at birth for 2010–2015 (if [[HIV/AIDS]] did not exist) would have been:<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.un.org/ESA/population/publications/wpp2002/WPP2002-HIGHLIGHTSrev1.PDFUN|title=World Population Prospects – The 2002 Revision|volume=I: Comprehensive Tables|publisher=United Nations Secretariat, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division|date=2003|page=24|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507023722/https://www.un.org/ESA/population/publications/wpp2002/WPP2002-HIGHLIGHTSrev1.PDFUN|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 70.7 years instead of 31.6 years, Botswana
* 69.9 years instead of 41.5 years, South Africa
* 70.5 years instead of 31.8 years, Zimbabwe