According to a report published Friday by the United Nations, the average life expectancy of men and women is continuously increasing. In the 1950s the average life expectancy was 47 years, today it is 68 years. This therefore represents an increase in life expectancy of 21 years, in only about sixty years.
This good news can be explained by several factors: in the foreground, a better quality of life with a healthier and more balanced diet, greater hygiene, which has had the merit of reducing disease. Advances in medicine have also played an important role in extending life expectancy, particularly in the prevention of serious illnesses thanks to vaccines or in the treatment of infectious diseases, which are much more effective today than in 1955. .
