Motor-skill learning in older adults PDF

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Part 1
Part 1.1
The term life expectancy can be defined as the statistical measure of the average time an
individual is expected to live. Life expectancy of an individual depends on several factors that
includes the year of birth, demographical factors, gender, the healthcare facilities of the nation
and others. The life expectancy statistics helps an individual to understand the mortality as well
as the survival rate of that nation. The average life expectancy of New Zealand is 81.61 years.
According to the data presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the year 2017, the
male life expectancy at New Zealand is 80.5 years and that of the female is 82.2 years which
gives the nation a World Life Expectancy Ranking of 15. When it Comes to Japan, , according to
the data presented by WHO in 2018, the male life expectancy of the nation is 81.1and that of the
female is 87.1 which makes the average life expectancy o the nation 84.2 years (Livingstone et
al., 2017). Due to high life expectancy, Japan has been ranked as number 1 in the World life
Expectancy ranking. From the above mentioned data it can be clearly understood that the life
expectancy of Japan is much higher compared to that of New Zealand.
Several similarities as well as dissimilarities can be pointed out if the life expectancy of
New Zealand and Japan is compared. For instance, it can be clearly understood from the above
mentioned data that the life expectancy of the male gender in both the nation is lower than that o
the female. Inn both the countries the death of men in coronary artery disease (CAD) is three
times higher compared to women. Not only this, the male suicide rate of both the countries a
outnumbered the female suicide rate in every age group. While these are some similarities in life
expectancy between both the nation, there prevails several dissimilates between New Zealand

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and Japan when it comes to ethnicity variation, geographical variation and variations in rate at
which they are increasing, decreasing or plateauing. When it comes to the ethnicity of the New
Zealander, it can be divided into two parts that is, the major ethnic group that is the Europeans
and the minor ethnic groups that is Maori and Asians. While the major ethnic group consists of
74 percent of the total population the rest is comprised of the minor ethnic group.
According to researchers, considering the fact that the individuals who belongs to the
minor ethnic group in New Zealand lacks appropriate healthcare facilities along with other
discrimination, the life expectancy rate of the mentioned group is a major reason behind the low
life expectancy rate of the nation (Kontis et al. 2017). When it comes Japan, t is said that Ethnic
Japanese make up 98.5% of the total population and that the rest are Korean, Chinese and
others. The Japanese pays 69.7 percent more taxes compared to NZ and have 41..4 percent fewer
children. Not only has this, a Japanese invested 44.35 percent more than a New Zealander for
healthcare. However, when it comes to HIV, the both are equality likely to get the disease. When
it comes to the geographical variation, the population of New Zealand is nearly two times
compared to that of Japan. The literate of Japan is also higher than NZ. High population and
lower healthcare opportunities in New Zealand compared to that of Japan can be considered as a
major reason behind the low life expectancy of the New Zealand. As per the data obtained, the
life expectancy rate of both the nations is increasing.
Part 1.2
From the above discussion it can be clearly understood that there prevails several differences
in ethnicity, practices, government and healthcare system of the two nations, that is resulting in
the difference in life expectancy between them. One of the chief reasons of lower life