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 Everyone
wants to live a healthy, happy, and long life. Thanks to the advance of modern medical science, people’s
average lifespans are getting longer. According to a recent report, one in three babies
born this year will live to the age of 100!
On average, people today
live for about 70 to 80 years. Not many people live more than 100
years. However, according to the British Office for National Statistics
(ONS), a third of babies born in
2012 will live to be 100. The report also said that women have a higher
chance of reaching their 100th birthdays
than men.
 More
than 95,000 people aged 65 in 2012 are expected to celebrate their 100th birthday
in 2047. Researchers found that only
10 percent of men aged 65 this year and 14 percent of women the same
age would live to the age of 100.
According to the ONS, the number of people who are 100 years or more
has increased dramatically. In 1961, only
600 people reached this milestone. However, nearly
13,000 people celebrated their 100th birthday in 2010. The number
of people who will become 100 is expected to rise to 456,000 by 2060 in
the UK alone.
According to the latest figures, there
are 826,000 babies aged under one year in Britain, with 423,000 being
boys and 403,000 girls. Of these, 135,000 boys and 156,000 girls were
born in 2012. The ONS said they are expected to live until 100, with
nearly 40 percent of baby
girls compared to just under a
third of baby boys reaching the milestone.
Living a long life is a blessing. However, the rising
aging population will likely
have huge impacts on future societies. |
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