Australian life expectancy set to rise
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest Aussies will be living longer than ever.
Life expectancy for females rose from 84.3 to 84.4, while for males it jumped from 80.1 to 80.3.
Australia is one of just seven countries where both men and women have a life expectancy of over 80 years, the other six being Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Israel and Sweden.
Beidar Cho from the ABS noted: “Australia has a higher life expectancy, at both the male and female level, than many similar countries to ours such as New Zealand, the UK and the US.”
Northern Territory had the lowest life expectancy for both sexes, while ACT had the highest.
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