Children Born to Young Mothers Are More Likely to Live to 100
19th Jun 2006, 08:02 GMT
The chances of living to age 100 and beyond nearly double for those born to a woman before her 25th birthday, according to new research by Drs. Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova of the Center on Aging and National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. The findings were presented at the Chicago Actuarial Association meeting, suggesting that the age when a woman gives birth has a significant impact on how long her child will live [PRWEB Jun 19, 2006]
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