And you'll live to be 100 years old?

Over the past 30 years, the number of Britons who marked the centenary of increased fivefold. Now the country is home to more than 12 640 people, to exchange the second hundred.

In 1980, the figure was only 2 500 as indicated by the official statistics. Generally number of elderly people and centenarians   It is growing rapidly. So, if in 1985 only one-hundredth the Briton was older than 85 years, today this age mark intersects each 50th. It is expected that in 2035 the line will overcome the 5% of the population.

Such outstanding performance due to the significant improvement of medical care, a healthy diet and increased standards of living. 100 years ago, when today's centenarians were born British, there were only 100 centenarians Who have overcome the age-old line and received on this occasion greeting card from the king.

The size of the pensions of British pensioners can also envied their Russian peers. For example, in 2009-10 the average retired couple received per month about $ 3500, the average pension of a British grandmother was $ 1500, and his grandfather - $ 2 000. The gap between the largest and smallest pensions was 3, 8 times.

Note that the state old-age pension in the UK is extremely small. It allows you, as they say, do not starve to death. Therefore, almost all citizens of the country even from a young age begin to save money in private pension funds, payments and allow them to lead a relatively comfortable old age. However, due to the crises of recent years a large number of Britons aged 30 to 50 have lost nearly all their savings. Experts worry that these people have "worked to death", as the retirement they simply can not afford.

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