Germany on life expectancy on the 14th place among 16 European countries

On an indicator of life expectancy Germany takes lower place, than other countries Western Europe. In a rating of 16 countries Western Europe the Federal Republic took the 15th place for men and the 14th — for women. As explained in Wiesbaden Federal institute demographic researches (BiB), "the increase in number of death from cardiovascular diseases is the main reason of lag". Results of the joint research BiB and of Institute demographic researches Planek Maxime in Rostock were published in "The European magazine of epidemiology" ("by European Journal of...