Sabahans life expectancy could be 2 years shorter than in 2010 - study
Published: Dec 3, 2020 1:48 AM | Updated: Dec 3, 2020 2:20 AM
The life expectancy for newborn Sabahans could be two years shorter in 2020, compared to a decade ago, a study has found.
Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) found that life expectancy for Sabah men dropped from 75 years for those born in 2010 - the highest at that time - to 73 for those born in 2020.
Likewise, Sabah women's life expectancy also dropped from 78.3 years for those born in 2010 - also the highest then - to 76 years in 2020...
Life expectancy is a misleading term based on infant mortality. There's also maternal mortality. Life expectancy does not show how long a person will live. Recently, there was a report on a 130-year-old dying of CV-19 in Sabah. This should be in the Guinness Book of World Records. How come the Sabah and Malaysian gov't did not know about this man? He should have been given state aid for the last 70 years. Perhaps, the family can claim the state aid for his estate. The oldest recorded case in the world is 122 years old. Not sure male or female.