photoguy
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While having my coffee this morning, I googled life expectancy calculators and input my data:
https://www.myabaris.com/tools/life-expectancy-calculator-how-long-will-i-live/
No need to enter your contact info to get results. Just close the popup box and it will display in your browser.
According to above, my life expectancy is 98 with a 75% chance of living to 89. I think this is way longer than I would have guessed. I'm not sure if the calc is saying that 98 is the average or median expectancy.
I didn't dig down into the details of the calculator but it's based on a regression of 400k people. I've seen other calculators online but I dismissed them because they likely weren't based on data (asked ridiculous questions which couldn't possibly be predictors in a regression model).
I haven't seen a poll on this, so I'll try to set one up with the thread.
BTW you can play with the calculator and see the effect of different options. Flipping the switch from retired to working has no effect (it might just be for wording purposes). Switching myself to female lowered my life expectancy but then I remembered that I didn't change my height/weight etc.
https://www.myabaris.com/tools/life-expectancy-calculator-how-long-will-i-live/
No need to enter your contact info to get results. Just close the popup box and it will display in your browser.
According to above, my life expectancy is 98 with a 75% chance of living to 89. I think this is way longer than I would have guessed. I'm not sure if the calc is saying that 98 is the average or median expectancy.
I didn't dig down into the details of the calculator but it's based on a regression of 400k people. I've seen other calculators online but I dismissed them because they likely weren't based on data (asked ridiculous questions which couldn't possibly be predictors in a regression model).
I haven't seen a poll on this, so I'll try to set one up with the thread.
BTW you can play with the calculator and see the effect of different options. Flipping the switch from retired to working has no effect (it might just be for wording purposes). Switching myself to female lowered my life expectancy but then I remembered that I didn't change my height/weight etc.
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