Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Living up to 100 years


More than fifty percent of babies born today is rising in rich countries to 100 years if current rates continue, the life expectancy, a study published in the medical journal The Lancet recently reported.
In the 20th Century, the most developed countries grew by around 30 years in life expectancy, the newspaper run by Kaare Christensen, professor at the Danish Aging Research Center at the University of Souther Denmark.
In 1950, only 15% to 16% of women 80 years and only 12% of octogenarian men came at the age of 90 years in the advanced economies. In 2002 these figures to 37% and 25% respectively. Japan leads with the survival rate from 80 to 90 is now over 50% for women.
"If the increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the last two centuries, on through the 21th century, most babies born since 2000 in France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan and other countries for a long-term expectation is celebrating its 100th birthday, "the report said.

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