Half of 30 year olds to live to 100-research

Paternoster based its findings on DB scheme members’ data and its study follows research from The Office of National Statistics, which shows a 90-fold increase in the number of people living to age 100. The percentage of 30 year-olds projected to live until 100 has risen from 3.2% in 1997, 0.6% in 1987 and 0.4% in 1977. Richard Willets, longevity director of Paternoster, says centenarians are still relatively rare and represent just 0.015% of the total UK population. The research also shows 40% of 40% will probably live to 100, compared to 30% of 50 year-olds, 20% of 60 year-olds and 13...