Under 44? Get ready to live forever!
A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960
Life Expectancy
News and resources on current life expectancy - lets see how it changes over time
Congratulations - you've survived another year... unfortunately your risk of dying goes up another 9% next year, and every year after that - that's why at the moment you can't beat the exponential risk of death.Definition: period life expectancy = how long a new-born would live if today's death rates did not change. They should improve over time therefore this is not a prediction of how long a child born today will live for.
Resources
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Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians - by Nir Barzilai
A Spotlight on the Latest Research and Innovation In Ageing, Longevity, and Data
24-May-2022
Event about latest research and innovation in ageing organized by OBN (FREE)
Our World in Data
Data to understand the big global problems and research that helps to make progress against them
British Longevity Society (BLS)
Non-profit society created for people who want to live a longer and healthier life
British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA)
Scientific society which support research for understanding of ageing process
Report launch: The longevity of sporting legends
10-Jun-2021
Online event about the impact of professional sport on longevity organized by International Longevity Centre UK.
Green Templeton College Human Welfare Conference 2021
14-May-2021
Online event about healthy ageing and the opportunities of longevity organized by University of Oxford. (FREE)
Life expectancy: 120,000 numbers in just four minutes
Fascinating data visualisation of life expectancy for 200 countries over 200 years
Life Expectancy Blog Posts
09-Sep-2015
03-Nov-2014
NICE will have to approve all one-off interventions as life expectancy increases
What to do when quality-adjusted life years could mean many, many years?
21-Oct-2014
Classic exponential growth in age distribution of older UK citizens
1 in 50 people are over 85 today - that's 20x the percentage who reached that age in 1881
03-May-2013
National Geographic get it wrong - this baby will live forever
People who are already middle-aged could make it to 120 - by the time today's baby's get that old they'll still be young
Recent News
England and Wales see slight increase in life expectancy in 2021 - official figure to follow
BBC - 17-Oct-2022
Only 4 out of 31 countries studies have seen their period life expectancy recover since 2020
Read more...Statistics shows steep decline in life expectancy - largely driven by COVID-19
BBC - 31-Aug-2022
US records the lowest since 1996 and UK fell for the first time in 40yrs
Read more...Shorter lifespan in men linked with loss of male sex chromosome while aging
The Conversation (UK) - 14-Jul-2022
Understanding how Y chromosome may contribute to age-related diseases can help prevent them
Read more...Relation between seasoning cooked food with salt and premature death revealed
The Guardian - 11-Jul-2022
Not adding extra salt to already prepared foods could be a healthier option
Read more...High optimism associated with longevity and healthy aging across diverse groups
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - 08-Jun-2022
Positive physiological factor extends life expectancy of women beyond 90
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