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Crunching the biggest trends down into figures
A 65-year-old man
can expect to live
until he is 84
Our ageing population
85%
– increase in number
of centenarians over
past 15 years
5.9
years
– increase in life
expectancy over past
20 years
£600
– average cost of
a week in a care
home
£800
– average cost
of a week in a
nursing home
47
– average life expectancy
when state pension was
introduced in 1908. It was
available to men
aged 70 and over
A 45-year-old man
can expect to live
until he is 89
Population expert James
Vaupel claims a baby born in
the US today has a
Difference between
life expectancy
and healthy life
expectancy
Men
19
A 25-year-old man
can expect to live
until he is 95
40%
112
150
122
Women
years
16.1
years
chance of living to
– age of oldest
living Briton
– age at death
of Frenchman
Jeanne Calment,
the oldest person
who ever lived
Sources: Age UK, James Vaupel, ONS. Figures for UK unless otherwise specified.
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