12-02-2019, 11:28 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50631220
Years have been knocked off official projections of children's life expectancies in the UK, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows.
A baby girl born in 2019 is now expected to celebrate three fewer birthdays on average, than under previous calculations.
Official 2014 data thought that girl would make it to 93.6. Now the figure is 90.4.
A boy born in 2019 is now expected to live for 87.8 years - but the 2014 data said 91.1.
The report also slashed the likelihood of children reaching 100. The latest report says 20.8% of newborn boys (and 26.1% of newborn girls) are expected to reach 100 - but the projections two years ago said 34.1% of newborn boys (and 40.2% of newborn girls) would reach this age.
Slightly disappointing, but even the reduced figures (87.8 years for boys and 90.4 for girls) are still pretty damn good. It's not really any cause for alarm: it just seems that medical advances have been slower than previously thought.
Of course, a lot of this depends on what breakthroughs are made in the future - and, hopefully, some good news will come on that front...
Years have been knocked off official projections of children's life expectancies in the UK, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report shows.
A baby girl born in 2019 is now expected to celebrate three fewer birthdays on average, than under previous calculations.
Official 2014 data thought that girl would make it to 93.6. Now the figure is 90.4.
A boy born in 2019 is now expected to live for 87.8 years - but the 2014 data said 91.1.
The report also slashed the likelihood of children reaching 100. The latest report says 20.8% of newborn boys (and 26.1% of newborn girls) are expected to reach 100 - but the projections two years ago said 34.1% of newborn boys (and 40.2% of newborn girls) would reach this age.
Slightly disappointing, but even the reduced figures (87.8 years for boys and 90.4 for girls) are still pretty damn good. It's not really any cause for alarm: it just seems that medical advances have been slower than previously thought.
Of course, a lot of this depends on what breakthroughs are made in the future - and, hopefully, some good news will come on that front...
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