health predictions for 2050 | Future timeline
Read healthcare predictions for 2050, a year that will see many health revolutions become public—some might save your life ... or even make you superhuman.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
health forecasts for 2050
Forecast
In 2050, a number of health breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- There are now around 141,000 senior citizens aged over 100 years living in France—the most in its history. 75% 1
- Between 2045 to 2050, some humans turn to bionic enhancements to improve their mental and physical capabilities, a divergent human and cyborg class may emerge, splitting the human population not just by race, but by ability and potentially creating new sub-species. (Likelihood 65%) 1
- Between 2022 to 2025, Canada enacts a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system worth $15 billion that will draft a national list of prescription medicines that will be covered by the taxpayer. Likelihood: 60% 1
- 6 million people now die per year from complications with air pollution. 1
- Half of the world's population will be short-sighted 1
Prediction
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2050 include:
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