How Long Will I Live?

This month I’ve discovered my life expectancy is 10 years higher than the figure quoted in newspapers. Before I even started improving my health I already have a 50% chance of living past my 91st birthday. What’s more, life expectancy is increasing by a year or two every decade.

It’s a positive start to the year and I’ve been changing my attitude to aging. How we behave is not just affected by how old we are, it’s also affected by how many years we expect to live.

A report by Science for Global Insight says, “Older people in the future will not behave like today’s older people. In many ways they will behave as though they were much younger.”

We’re going to stay much more mobile. Technology is going to allow us to be more active as we get older. Rather than resorting to a wheelchair, we’ll strap robotics to our legs.