EhtesadOnline: The findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show that between 2011 and 2016, average life expectancy at birth for Iranian men and women improved by 1 and 1.5 years respectively.

EghtesadOnline: Life expectancy of women and men is expected to reach 76 and 74 years old respectively in the course of the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2016-21).