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Long Life vs Healthy Life

Dec13
Young researcher

We are getting older by the second, but we are also living for longer. Recent estimates have found that life expectancy is increasing by 1 year every 4 years. 

However, life expectancy numbers are not the full story of our ever increasing age. "The real story is in discerning disability-free or healthy life expectancy (HLE)," Professor Jagger, the UK's foremost researcher in this area, said. This week's visit is designed to help Australian researchers achieve that.