Who would you vote for? - Tonight is the night

They're currently 8 years old.

Either you're taking the piss or you don't understand statistics.

Edit to add - okay, it seems most of this thread is a pisstake. Sorry. I'll go somewhere more serious.

Figures about the future (all figures about the future) are - now this may come as a shock to you (!) - projections.

So if I say:

"this generation is likely to suffer a greater degree of obesity and diabetes - leading to an increase in death and a great strain on the resources of the health service"

It adds nothing to point out that are not dead yet "so how do you know".