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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Causes of aging

If we dig a little into the causes that have led or contributed to this social transformation, we note the following: - Increased life expectancy : Thanks to advances in recent years (medical advances, technological, economic, better hygiene, better food ) are living longer and better quality of life . At present the fixed life expectancy in our country in 78 years on average , in which men live about 75 years and nearly 83 women.

Moreover, the number of nonagenarians and centenarians even grows in geometric progression. For the European Union life expectancy in 1995 was estimated at 73.7 years for men and 80.1 years for women. - Reduced rates Birth : He is also a fact that there are fewer births in developed countries (in Spain the current rate is around 1.07 children per woman of childbearing age). This disturbing decline in the birth rate may be due to economic reasons, cultural, existential, and so on. Anyway, what is clear is that continuing and ever fewer young children and older.

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