EUROPEAN PAPERS ON THE NEW WELFARE

Many thousand years ago humans had an average life expectancy at birth of about 20 years. In the last two millennia in many world regions life expectancy has increased by a decennium. In the last century, after the discovery of vaccines and antibiotics, and the drastic decrease of infectious ailments, mortality markedly diminished. In 1900 average life duration in the world was of 41 years; in 1950 of 53 years and in 2010 of 67 years. In the last ten years average life duration in developed countries grew to 80 – in Africa it went from 40 to 67. Read More