Aim This study aimed to examine the effect of social determinants of health on life expectancy. Method The retrospective descriptive study data consisted of the life expectancy and social determinants of health secondary data from the Organization for Eco¬nomic Co-operation and Development the Better Life Index database. The database was screened in January 2022. Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the level of relationship between variables. Linear regres¬sion analysis using the backward elimination method was performed on so¬cial determinants of health affecting life expectancy. Reporting is consistent with the STROBE checklist. Results The average life expectancy level of the countries is 80.03±4.54. According to the backward elimination method, a one-unit increase in job, health, safety and community levels affects life expectancy by 0.379, 0.486, 0.387, and -0.358 units, respectively (p
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Özsaban et al. (2024) studied this question.