Why longevity matters

We're living longer than any generation before us.

The question is whether those years will be healthy, and whether you'll have the means to enjoy them.

The shift

But not all of those years are healthy, or affordable.

Over the last two decades, global life expectancy rose by more than six years. But the years we spend in good health haven't kept pace, we're gaining time, and spending a growing share of it in decline.

9.6 years

The average person now spends nearly a decade of life in poor health, the global gap between how long we live and how long we stay healthy.

JAMA Network Open · WHO data, 2024
1 in 3

Around 1.4 billion adults live with high blood pressure, and nearly half don't know it. Much of what shortens our healthy years is preventable, and often has no symptoms until later.

World Health Organization, 2024
$400tn

The projected global retirement savings shortfall by 2050, five times the world economy. Already, 44% of people fear outliving their savings.

World Economic Forum

A long life needs two things.

Living a long life in poor health is hard, and so is a long, healthy life without the means to support it. Your healthspan and your wealthspan have to last as long as you do.

The opportunity

Much of this is within your control.

The biggest threats to a long, healthy, and wealthy life aren't fixed, they're shaped by everyday decisions, made early enough to matter. The first step is knowing where you stand today.

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