Life expectancy is growing in Ethiopia but the country continues to struggle with communicable diseases like diarrhea and tuberculosis, as well as neonatal ailments that kill infants. “Life expectancy in Ethiopia is growing rapidly, but communicable diseases like lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, and TB are still prevalent. A woman has a life expectancy of 66.5 years, up 9.2 years from 2006. Ethiopian men experienced the world’s largest increase in healthy life expectancy since 1990, when they could only expect to live 39.3 years in good health. High body mass index (BMI) is the fourth largest contributor to the loss of healthy life, after high blood pressure, smoking, and high blood sugar.

Source: News Business Ethiopia September 15, 2017 09:56 UTC