Life expectancy calculator tells if you'll reach 100 as UK 'falls down global ranks'
dailyrecord.co.ukThose who have wondered whether or not they'll reach 100 can find out using a clever tool.It has been made by the Office of National Statistics, and as well as revealing odds of reaching 100 it shares your life expectancy based on your current age.
While life expectancy continues to improve, experts say that UK life expectancies are not increasing in-line with other countries.It comes as a new report states the UK is 'falling down the global ranks'.
It found that the UK has performed worse than all other G7 countries except the USA for life expectancy.Following the recent news, some might want to know their life expectancy.
They can do so by plugging their current age and sex into the below ONS tool.Between 1950 and 2020, life expectancy increased from 68.63 to 80.43 years of age, however it has not kept pace with other 'advanced' countries including France, Germany, Italy and Japan.One of the researchers, Dr Lucinda Hiam, of the University of Oxford and an honorary fellow at LSHTM, commented: "The rankings show that the only G7 country to do worse than the UK is the USA."Professor Martin McKee, co-author of the study from LSHTM, added: "While politicians invoke global factors, especially the effects of the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, the reality is that, as in the 1950s, the country suffers from major structural and institutional weaknesses."While the UK-wide life expectancy was found to be 80.43 years, it can vary somewhat depending on where you live specifically.
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