Lab 1: Life Expectancy Trends

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0.1 Introduction

In this lab, we explore how life expectancy has changed over time for three countries: Bulgaria, Japan, and the United States. Using the Gapminder dataset and visual tools in R, we’ll examine patterns and compare long-term improvements in life expectancy from 1952 through 2007.

0.2 Life Expectancy Chart

Below is a visual representation showing the changes in life expectancy over time for the selected countries.

#| echo: false #| fig-cap: “Life Expectancy Over Time: Bulgaria, Japan, and United States” #| label: fig-life-exp-chart

1 This code will not generate a plot but will reference the existing image

knitr::include_graphics(“fig-three_life_exp-1.png”)