New study shows our health is now better with people living longer. Life expectancy is rising, with an overall gain of 10 years since 1980, even in some of the world’s poorest nations.
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People now live longer but suffer from illness in old age
While men now live up to 69, women are expected to live up to 75 worldwide. Even healthy life expectancy is growing. However, people live longer but they spend more time managing an illness or disability.
According to experts, it’s believed that most are caused by infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and diarrhea which have recorded many deaths. Researchers also discovered that the rate of people dying from cardiovascular disease and cancer has also fallen.