The researchers noted that although people lived longer in the past, this positive trend appears to have stopped, and in some cases even reversed.
The increase in life expectancy has been a steady and large trend. Photo: The Truth Archive
A study published in the scientific journal Nature Aging showed that in recent years the increase in life expectancy has slowed significantly in many countries. Lately, we’ve noticed a development that has us wondering if things will continue to improve as we’ve come to expect. This recent change forces us to reconsider our optimistic predictions and prepare for a future that may be different from what we imagined.
Researchers analyzed death data from countries with very long life expectancies, such as Japan and South Korea, and compared them with data from the United States to better understand why some people live longer than others and whether this trend is maintained over time.
The results of the study show that worldwide, people are no longer living as long as they used to live, and this trend is even more pronounced in the United States. Thanks to medical breakthroughs and improved living conditions, people lived an average of 3 years longer every 10 years, meaning that the average lifespan increased by about 3 years per decade. However, since the 1990s, the trend has slowed down sharply, especially since 2010. In developed countries, life expectancy is stabilizing or even declining.
Data shows that people are no longer living as long as previously thought. Although it was predicted that people born in the 21st century will be able to live beyond 100 years, the reality is different. Even in countries with the longest life expectancy, such as Hong Kong, only a small proportion of the population will reach this age.
Originally, it was thought that we would live much longer, but current data shows that this is not very likely. To reach a much longer life, many important changes would have to happen socially and economically, not just in the medical field.
