Humans may be reaching peak lifespan

After years of medical advances the rate at which human life expectancy is rising is slowing down, concludes a new study looking at data in countries where people live the longest


AVERAGE ANNUAL CHANGE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (years)

0.5 
0.4 
0.3 
0.2 
0.1
	1990- 2000 2000- 2010 2010- 2019


KEY (both charts) 
Australia	France	Hong Kong	Italy 	Japan	
South Korea	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland
     

OBSERVED SURVIVAL TO AGE 100 (%, men and women)

Hong Kong is exception, in both charts, where life expectancy has not decelerated, largely due to economic prosperity and tobacco controls

8 
6 
4 
2 
0
	1990 2000 2010 2019


Sources: New York Times, Sky News, Nature
Picture: Unsplash
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