One reason why people are wary of increasing the age of eligibility to state pensions is perceived inequality. Some groups have lower life expectancy than the average. This post takes one perspective on what inequality in lifespan looks like in the UK.
People tend to underestimate how long they are going to live. Why is this? One contributing factor is that the life expectancy “facts” we usually see or hear are themselves underestimates.
Many demographers are fascinated by whether there is a limit to how long we can live. The long-held record for lifespan is 122 years, and it doesn’t look as if that is going to be broken soon. The more pressing question is the pattern of life and death after age 95 or so.