The science of aging: Five vital numbers
Getting older is one of life’s inevitabilities. Or is it? Michael Mosley looks into aging. Here are the vital stats.
1
50%
of the babies born in 2007 in Britain are expected to live past their 100th birthday.
2
80+
is the fastest growing age group in the UK.
3
78
years is the life expectancy at birth of men in England compared with 75 in Scotland. Life expectancy of men in Wales is 76.8 years.
4
25%
of what determines the length of your life is your genetics. So lifestyle factors, such as exercise and nutrition, are far more important.
5
Two
years is the average rise in life expectancy in each of the past three decades in the UK.
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