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This chart shows life expectancy for males and females at birth in 7 countries worldwide. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Life expectancy at birth in 7 countries worldwide

90 81 Life Expectancy at Birth in Years 72 63 54 45 36 27 18 9 0 Turkey Bangladesh Vietnam Canada Iran India United States

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female

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This bar chart compares how long people can expect to live in seven different countries. We can see that in each of the seven countries people have a life expectancy of between 63 years and 83 years. People will live longest in Canada at 83 years and the United States (81 years), while Bangladesh has the lowest life expectancy at just 63 years. Of the other countries, Turkey, Vietnam, Iran and India all have a similar level close to the average of 73 years. We should also note that women are expected to live longer than men in all these countries. On average, females will live approximately 4 years longer than men, although there are differences here. The greatest difference is in the United States (about 5 years), while in Iran females are expected to live only 2 years longer than men. However, the major exception is Bangladesh where both genders have the same life expectancy. Thus, we can see there are comparisons to be made in life expectancy both in geographical location and gender.