1. A method for ascertaining the age class of a human subject in a digital image, the human subject having a redeye defect pair, each defect of the redeye defect pair having one or more defect pixels, the method comprising the steps of: identifying two regions of pixels corresponding to the defects; measuring a distance between said regions; determining a region size based upon a size of at least one of said regions; and determining an age class from said distance and said region size.