This is the title of an ABC report on PM recently, looking at a global study of life expectancy of people in the developed world, which is continuing to rise. Australians, for example, will have a life expectancy of 84 years by 2030. This has obvious implications for social and health structures in the years ahead, and planning needs to be in place for the needs of the ageing population.
The study referred to here is from the Imperial College London and is available freely for download: Projections of life expectancy in 35 industrialised countries: Projections with a Bayesian model ensemble. People in South Korea are projected to have the highest life expectancy, most likely being over 90 for women by 2030.
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