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Closing the gap on women. By 2030 men will be living 85.7 years on average compare to 79.5 in 2012.
In 18 years life expectancy has increased by 6 years – that’s huge.
The study was published in The Lancet journal.
Men ‘catching up’ on life expectancy
30-Apr-2015
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Brian Beach
Social gerontologist, Expert in policy for an ageing workforce and Research Fellow at UCL
Imperial College London (ICL)
Public research university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK.
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