S. Korea, Japan lead Asia in life expectancy at 84.1 years: study

The high-income Asia-Pacific region, which includes South Korea and Japan, recorded Asia’s highest average life expectancy at 84.1 years in 2023, a study showed.

The research team led by Korea University professor Kang Ji-seung and Kyung Hee University professor Yon Dong-keon analyzed life expectancy, cause-specific mortality and health risk factors across 34 Asian countries from 1990 to 2023.

The study, published in Nature on Wednesday, found that life expectancy increased across Asia during th ...