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Babies who are born today will live until 104 | Sarah Harper


An article in The Daily Mail reflects on Professor Sarah Harper’s talk delivered at the Hay Festival on 29th May. “We are gaining roughly 2.5 years of life expectancy per decade, or fifteen minutes an hour. Predictions suggest that, of the babies that are currently being born, the real life expectancy will be 104. In Japan it is 107,” said Sarah Harper.

Read more: Fifteen minutes 'added to our life expectancy every hour': Babies who are born today will live until 104, claims ageing expert