Australian life expectancy hits all-time high

By Peter Martin
Updated October 28 2016 - 6:24pm, first published 12:17pm
A typical 70-year-old woman can expect 18 more years, with 16.6 for a man of that age. Photo: Glenn Hunt
A typical 70-year-old woman can expect 18 more years, with 16.6 for a man of that age. Photo: Glenn Hunt

Life expectancy has hit a new high, with typical newborn girls now expected to live to 84.5 and boys to 80.4, up from 83.3 and 78.5 a decade ago.