German Life Expectancy Reaches Record High: 83 For Girls, 78 For Boys

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Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician and former research scientist who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either office. She pulls in a yearly compensation of $283,608. Numerous will say she merit the compensation, she is a unique modeler of the 28-part European Union

The Federal Statistics office on Friday has said life expectancy in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is on the rise, according to the latest government figures.

Newborn girls in Germany are now expected to live until the age of 83 years and one month.

The lifespan of their male counterparts is estimated at 78 years and two months.

The report says in the past ten years, the figure has risen for boys by two years and three months and for girls by one-and-a-half years, reaching a new life expectancy high for Germans.

Germany’s growing elderly population is also expected to live longer.

“Men aged 65 have almost 18 years ahead of them on average, while women in that age group are statistically likely to die shortly before their 86th birthday,” it noted. (dpa/NAN)

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