The human lifespan is increasing by approximately three years every generation — a trend likely to continue, a Stanford study has found. A team of researchers analysed life expectancy data from the past 50 years and found that people who survive to age 65 are continuing to live longer than their parents. “The data show that we can expect longer lives and there’s no sign of a slowdown in this trend,” said Shripad Tuljapurkar, a professor at Stanford University. The study, published in the journal PNAS , looked at birth and death data for people above age 65 from 1960-2010. Researchers found that the average age of death in those who live to be older than 65 increased by three years in every 25-year period, which means that people can expect to live about six years longer than their grandparents, on average.
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