The duration of human life will not grow indefinitely. Even if the quality of medicine will improve, people will live about 100 years, say experts from the University of new York. Whether this calm, or in humans, it is hoped to extend the age?
The average life expectancy is increasing
Today, in wealthy Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, people live an average of more than 80 years. But it is today! What about the dark times of the middle Ages, when people lived to 40 years was considered old. In Ancient Greece most people were barely able to cross the 30 year mark.
So if in a few centuries life expectancy has increased several times, maybe we can hope that our life will last one or two centuries? Scientists are not so optimistic.
The limit is reached
Experts from the University of new York in 2015, has devoted their research to the problem of life expectancy. They wanted to find out whether it is the limit of the duration of human life. For this, they have studied and compared the data about at what age died on average residents of Europe, Japan and the United States in different decades.
Scholars have rightly suggested that, if the lifetime limit is not present, and the average age of people is increasing all the time. And first data is confirmed. But at the end of the last century, life expectancy has ceased to grow.
The scientists also noted the maximum age of death of people in a particular year. The figure in the last 20 years actually… falling. Of course, this is largely due to the fact that in 1997 , died the oldest inhabitant of the Earth Jeanne calment. She was 122 years, and her date of birth was documented. Until not a single survivor has not reached her age.
Human life
In General, researchers believe that the limit of human life is about 100 years. The average life expectancy in various countries with the development of medicine will increase, but it is unlikely that people can live longer than one century. And some scientists even believe that it’s worth throwing the resources of medicine is not to prolong lifeand to preserve health in old age.
To live to 105
By the way, interesting data were obtained by Italian scientists from Sapienza University. They gathered a sample of about 4,000, which at the beginning of the study turned 99 years old. And found that those who lived to 105 years, the risk of death… diminished. And this trend continues from 105 to 110 years. The case for small – to live a little longer than a century.
And that this can be done you can read in our article “5 habits that will help you live longer”.