Question: how long do humans live for?

Ross King answered on 17 Nov 2015:

Good question!

There are lots of different factors that might affect how long a human will live for. Where they live, what they eat, how much exercise they do, what kind of illnesses they have had or currently have, if they smoke, drink alcohol etc.

The most common age people will die at across the world is about 71-73 years old, but this takes into account people who live in very different places and have very different lives. In this country, we are very lucky, as we can expect to live to about 80 years old. Women usually live a little bit longer than men, but not much and this isn’t always the case 🙂