The figures I quoted were for life expectancy at birth.Originally Posted by bornatbirth
now my wife lives in the uk, will she get to live longer
For any migrant, how much their health and life expectancy changes depends on how much their way of living changes, for example diet, lifestyle, attending the doctor, taking part in health screening relevant to age and sex.
To take cancer as one example, the frequency of different types in migrants moves towards that of the recipient country. This suggests that environmental factors are more important than heredity, in fact it is thought they account for over 80% of cancers. Liver and stomach cancer are commoner in the Philippines than in UK ; breast and large bowel cancer are commoner in UK. If the frequencies of each type of cancer could be reduced to the minimum found anywhere in the world, in theory the numbers of new cases could be reduced from the current estimate of 10 million / year.
