Getting older: The ratio of old people to working-age people has already increased significantly since 2000 and is getting higher; and it will continue to rise as we continue to live longer and have fewer children.
MALAYSIANS are living longer, which is undoubtedly a good thing.
We live 11 years longer than we did in 1970. The life expectancy at birth of a male then was 61.6 years and for a female, 65.6 years. By 2015, it had increased to 72.5 years for males and 77.4 years for females.
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