NEW YORK, Jan 24 ― The death of the world's oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: is there a limit on how long...
NEW YORK, Jan 24 ― The death of the world's oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live?
According to the United Nations, there were an estimated 593,000 people aged 100 years or older in 2021, up from 353,000 a decade earlier. In 2016, geneticists writing in the journal Nature said there had been no improvement in human longevity since the late 1990s. “But this hypothesis is partly disputed by many demographers,” said Robine, a specialist in centenarians at the INSERM medical research institute.Around the age of 107, the rate of death peaks at 50-60 percent every year, the research said.
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