[quote]LONDON (Reuters Life!) - More than 10 million people living in Britain today, almost a fifth of the population, will reach their 100th birthday, the Department for Work and Pensions said on Thursday.
More than half of these future centenarians are currently aged between 16 and 50.
The rise in life expectancy means many millions of Britons will spend around a third of their lives in retirement, Pensions Minister Steve Webb said in a statement.
"These staggering figures really bring home how important it is to plan ahead for our later lives," he said.
"That's why we are reforming the pension system to make it sustainable for the long term, making sure people can look forward to a decent state pension when they retire, and helping millions save into a workplace pension." In October, the government said the state pension age for men and women will rise to 66 by 2020 and that it would cut the tax relief on pension savings for around 100,000 higher earners, in a move designed to help reduce a record budget deficit.
Ministers also said they were working on the introduction of a flat-rate state pension to simplify the system, reduce inequalities between men and women and encourage people to save for their pensions by eliminating means testing.
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook online ([url]www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html[/url]) ranked the United Kingdom 28th out of 224 countries in a 2010 list estimating average life expectancy. The UK life expectancy average was 79.92 years. Monaco topped the CIA list with an average life expectancy of 89.78.
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Japan, Canada, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy and Ireland were some of the countries ranked ahead of the United Kingdom on the CIA list. The United States ranked 49th at 78.24 years.
The latest figures, based on official population projections, show that the number of centenarians in Britain will reach half a million for the first time in 2066.
The Centenarian Clerk at Britain's Department for Work and Pensions works with Buckingham Palace to ensure people receive a birthday card from the Queen on their 100th birthday.
"He will be very busy in 2066!" the department said.[/quote]
[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40850114/ns/world_news-europe/[/url]
I guess this trumps some [i]older[/i] news in this section.
That's fantastic, I hope we can continue adding on to the life expectancy
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;27083225]That's fantastic, I hope we can continue adding on to the life expectancy[/QUOTE]
Living to 100+ with good health would be really fucking awesome.
Take THAT, Sweden!
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;27083225]That's fantastic, I hope we can continue adding on to the life expectancy[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't it be better to make it so age takes a smaller tolls on the body, so for example you feel 40 years old at 60 years old, rather than just tacking years on to the end of someones life?
Who wants to live when you cant even take care of yourself without help?
:britain:
:frown: lucky
Living to 100 is bad for the economy
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;27083283]Living to 100 is bad for the economy[/QUOTE]
rising retirement age means no difference
I suppose living an entire century would be interesting, what with all the things you might see in your life time, but most hundred year old people are pretty decrepit by then.
I don't think living in a wheelchair and shitting where you sit is a very fun life.
[QUOTE=Pace.;27083274]Wouldn't it be better to make it so age takes a smaller tolls on the body, so for example you feel 40 years old at 60 years old, rather than just tacking years on to the end of someones life?
Who wants to live when you cant even take care of yourself without help?[/QUOTE]
The longer you're kept alive, the longer the Government can keep you working.
[QUOTE=Pace.;27083274]Wouldn't it be better to make it so age takes a smaller tolls on the body, so for example you feel 40 years old at 60 years old, rather than just tacking years on to the end of someones life?
Who wants to live when you cant even take care of yourself without help?[/QUOTE]
I'd think that both can be accomplished at once
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[QUOTE=Wiggles;27083307]The longer you're kept alive, the longer the Government can keep you working.[/QUOTE]
:tinfoil:
I hope I live to see the turn of the next century
[QUOTE=Wiggles;27083307]The longer you're kept alive, the longer the Government can keep you working.[/QUOTE]
Because people still work at 100 years old
[QUOTE=Wiggles;27083307]The longer you're kept alive, the longer the Government can keep you working.[/QUOTE]
unless im not poor as hell and can actually retire without welfare checks
and good luck getting all those senile frail 70 year olds to work
How about finally figuring out how to stop aging so we don't have to be barely functioning at 100
Fuck that for a laugh.
[QUOTE=Bobie;27083302]rising retirement age means no difference[/QUOTE]
The quality of work would decline
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;27083368]How about finally figuring out how to stop aging so we don't have to be barely functioning at 100[/QUOTE]
Baby steps. This is very intriguing news, just consider the initial life expectancy of those who lived to be 100.
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;27083368]How about finally figuring out how to stop aging so we don't have to be barely functioning at 100[/QUOTE]
the government would do it so we could work more!!!!
I hope I'm part of that fraction.
[quote=tetracycline;27083463]the government would do it so we could work more!!!![/quote]
oh my god its a conspiracy the jews did the holocaust!!!!
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;27083511]oh my god its a conspiracy the jews did the holocaust!!!![/QUOTE]
they did the holocaust so they could boost amerca's economy!!!
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;27083552]they did the holocaust so they could boost amerca's economy!!![/QUOTE]
so they could force 80 year olds to work oh my god it all fits into place now!!1
[QUOTE=Pace.;27083361]unless im not poor as hell and can actually retire without welfare checks
and good luck getting all those senile frail 70 year olds to work[/QUOTE]
So who's going to sustain the increasing number of longer living retired people if everyone for the next century retires at the same age?
I like those odds.
[QUOTE=Wiggles;27083636]So who's going to sustain the increasing number of longer living retired people if everyone for the next century retires at the same age?[/QUOTE]
how does it work now
[QUOTE=Wiggles;27083636]So who's going to sustain the increasing number of longer living retired people if everyone for the next century retires at the same age?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, this is exactly why we need to find out how to stop aging.
We need 100 year olds that can still take care of themselves and work if they need to.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;27083660]how does it work now[/QUOTE]
People are working longer and retiring later because we're living longer.
Many elderly people have claimed that the more activity and/or work done stopped them become frail and weak like other people of comparable age. I think this is true and combined with modern healthcare can easily result in many people living to ages above 100 years.
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