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Fri 10 Oct 2009Newborn babies likely to live to 100
More than half of all babies born in developed countries in the 21st century will live to be 100 years old if current life expectancy trends continue.
Research by the Danish Ageing Research Centre has also shown that not only are people living longer than before, but those extra years are spent with less disability and fewer limitations on daily life than in the past.
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