The elderly are getting older: ‘In my head still a young god of 18’ | Inland

AMSTERDAM – We are getting older, according to figures released by Statistics Netherlands on Friday. Since 1950, the life expectancy of 65-year-olds has been increasing. At the time, 65-year-olds lived an average of 14.3 years, in 2027 CBS expects the life expectancy of 65-year-olds to be 20.93 years. But what about today’s seniors? The spry Otto (87), Peter (74) and Ria (72) talk about their old age. “In my head I’m still that young god of 18.”

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