According to a research group from the University of Illinois, published in the Nature Aging Science Magazine (USA) in early October, the percentage of people living up to 100 years old at the end of the 21st century will be about 15% withFemale and 5% for men.

This data is synthesized after analyzing data from eight areas with the highest life expectancy such as Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Hong Kong (China) ... From here, researchers discoveredThat, the average life expectancy increased 6.5 years from 1990 to 2019.

According to the study, while the twentieth century witnessed a life expectancy of 3 years in each decade thanks to the advances in hygiene as well as the improvement of the Ministry of Medicine to help reduce the infant mortality rate, and at the same time reform.Good health in middle -aged and elderly people, this speed in the past 30 years has gradually slowed down.

Statistics show that the average life expectancy of those born in 2019 is88.68 for women and 83.17 years old for men.In addition, the ability to live up to 100 years old of these two gender respectively is 13.9% and 4.5% respectively.

To witness the 2nd wave of age, of which the average life expectancy is about 110, about 70% of women will need to live up to 100 years old - this miracle requires scientific achievements that need to be cure.Completely or eliminate most of the current causes of death, according to the research team.

The team also speculated that, if the biological aging process could not slow down significantly, the extending of human life is impossible in this century.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the average life expectancy of the Japanese by 2023 is 87.14 years old for women and 81.09 years old for men.Along with that, the number of people aged 100 and older in Japan is estimated at the record 95,119 in September, of which women account for 88.3% with 83,958 people.

Source: Mainichi