S'poreans live longer than counterparts in the tropics

• QX179R

  19 Nov 12, 19:36

  SINGAPORE: Singaporeans now live longer than their counterparts in the tropics, according to the findings of a global research project.

  The "State of the Tropics" study said Singaporeans can expect to live up to 80.6 years as life expectancy here has increased by 20.4 years between 1950 and 2010. This means that the average Singaporean lives about 16 years longer than their counterparts in other tropical countries.

  This is despite the fact that life expectancy in the tropics has increased by 22.8 years to 64.4 between 1950 and 2010.
  
  Women in Singapore can still expect to live longer than men here as the average life expectancy between 2005 and 2010 for females is 82.7, while for males, it is 78.5.
  
  Singapore has also seen significant improvements in infant mortality rates, with only two deaths per 1,000 live births from 2005 to 2010, down from 61 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1950 and 1955.
  
  The "State of the Tropics" study, run by 13 institutions across 12 countries, is part of a world-wide initiative to define the challenges facing people living in the tropics.
  
  These institutions include Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Costa Rica's Organisation for Tropical Studies, Fiji's University of the South Pacific and Brazil's Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia.
  
  -CNA/ac

• charlize

  19 Nov 12, 20:55

  They have to pay their 30 year mortgage loan.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  19 Nov 12, 20:58

  live longer, pay for loan longer~

• charlize

  19 Nov 12, 21:00

  Life is surreal.

   

  Pay so much for 30 years ... and then you die.

• GHoST_18

  19 Nov 12, 21:16

  of coz u must outlive your loan tenor,

  if you die before your loan is paid up then how?

  the bank/s go where get their money?

  

• charlize

  19 Nov 12, 21:23

  Really makes you think.

   

  Would you prefer to pay $500 a month for 30 years?

   

  Or $2000 a month for 30 years?

   

  And then after 30 years, you say syonara.

• troublemaker2005

  19 Nov 12, 21:26

  that one live too long already. when he going?

• GHoST_18

  19 Nov 12, 21:27

  syonara already and your "place" is still not yours

  

• troublemaker2005

  19 Nov 12, 21:30

  shid - fstop 2 2fstop, stop at 2 again later

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  19 Nov 12, 21:33

  Originally posted by GHoST_18:

  syonara already and your "place" is still not yours

  

  

  Sad to say, even ur place u bought at choa chu kang also not your's permenantly

  

• troublemaker2005

  20 Nov 12, 00:00

  excuse?

   

  singapore small no land mah. wonder when the pice of land at casino lease over?

  

• laurence82

  20 Nov 12, 00:12

  if i dun outlive my mortgage

  i think they will take even the small urn place i have

• charlize

  23 Nov 12, 14:17

  

• troublemaker2005

  23 Nov 12, 15:55

  huat arh! more medical costs!