London - People in the major industrialised countries will be living longer by the middle of the 21st century than official estimates had predicted, according to researchers at Los Altos, California.
They estimate that Japanese life expectancy will increase by eight years to 90.9. French life expectancy will increase to 87 years instead of 83.5, followed by Italy with 86.2 years (82.5), Canada with 85.2 years (81.6), Britain with 83.7 years (82.5), Germany with 83.1 years (81.5) and the US with 82.9 years (80.4).
