Researchers estimate life
expectancy to exceed 90 by 2030!
A study has estimated that average life expectancy will be able to
exceed 90 years by the year 2030. If this happens, it will be the first time.
The international study said that many countries will witness the rise in life
expectancy, with South Korea likely to top the list, whereas the US may be one
of the lowest among developed countries.
Led by Imperial scientists in collaboration with the World Health
Organization, the study found that among high-income countries, the United
States is likely to have the lowest life expectancy in 2030, with men and women
expecting to live 79.5 and 83.3 years respectively – similar to middle-income
countries like Croatia and Mexico.
This was partly due to a lack of universal healthcare in the United
States, and also due to factors such as relatively high child and maternal
mortality rates, and high rates of homicides and obesity, the study said. In
Europe, French women and Swiss men were predicted to have the highest life
expectancies, averaging 88.6 years for French women and nearly 84 years for
Swiss men. South Korea came out top of the predictions, with the researchers
predicting a girl born in South Korea in 2030 should expect to live 90.8 years,
while a boy could reach 84.1 years.
"Many people used to believe that 90 years is the upper limit for
life expectancy, but this research suggests we will break the
90-year-barrier," Ezzati said.
"We repeatedly hear that improvements in human longevity are about
to come to an end.. (but) I don`t believe we`re anywhere near the upper limit
of life expectancy - if there even is one."
The study, published in The Lancet medical journal on Wednesday,
covered 35 developed and emerging countries, including the United States, Canada,
Britain, Germany, Australia, Poland, Mexico and the Czech Republic.
South Korea`s much greater average life expectancy would be due to
several factors including good childhood nutrition, low blood pressure, low
levels of smoking and good access to healthcare, new medical knowledge and
technologies, the researchers said.
23.02.2017
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