Life expectancy increases slowing

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life expectancy increases

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Scientists predict how many of us will live to 100

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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago examined mortality data from regions across the world including Hong Kong , Australia , France and Spain .

They found that the average global life expectancy rose from 48 in 1900 to 67 in 1950 , and again to 76 by the turn of the millennium .

However by 2021 it had only risen to 77.9 years - a figure expected to currently sit at around 83.

Children born in recent years only have a 5.3 per cent chance of celebrating their 100th birthday if they are female and an even lower 1.8 per cent .

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