Death Clock~ give it a try.

[Janet H]

Dang - it said I live to be 99.5. I suppose this is possible as longevity is a family habit, but still it seems unlikely. I am under-funded is this is the case...

 

[Nords]

I don't think I'm doing this. I'm too superstitious! Just the idea give me the heebee jeebees!

The "good" news is that we can all raise our SWRs to 9.6%...

 

[chris2008]

The biggest impact seems to come from the mood. My optimistic mom would outlive my normal husband by 20 years!

 

[Moscyn]

Interesting and entertaining. It appears that the "mode" a person is in is more important than the BMI. An optimistic mode gives you around 17 years longer life than a normal mode for a good BMI. I happen to have a desirable BMI, so I guess I'll work on keeping an optimistic mode and I'm supposed to have another 47 years of life as opposed to 19 years on a normal mode. Guess I'll be living optimistically on bread and water when money runs out.

 

[kcowan]

Just by changing my mode from normal to optimistic I gained 12 years !

I gained 24 years! Always an optimist...

 

[Coach]

August 21, 2034, at age 83 -- I'll take it happily!

Coach

 

[Keim]

According to this I'll live until about 2074. I'll tell my cardiologist he can stop worrying about me now.

 

[harley]

Mode isn't a person's attitude, it's how optimistic or pessimistic you want the estimate to be. It's pretty poorly worded, but if you click through to how to improve your odds it takes you to a cholesterol site. If the mode was about attitude, the click-through would be to a power of positive thinking site.

 

[bbbamI]

The "good" news is that we can all raise our SWRs to 9.6%...

According to the Mayan calendar and your view of it, December 21, 2012 could be the end for us all.....

33% SWR anyone?

 

[MichaelB]

Uh..not only do different modes give different dates, the optimistic and pessimistic modes each give different dates when clicked repeatedly. Is this "pick a date"?
I'm glad I'm not pessimistic - otherwise I would have died 7 years ago...

 

[Alan]

Mode isn't a person's attitude, it's how optimistic or pessimistic you want the estimate to be. It's pretty poorly worded, but if you click through to how to improve your odds it takes you to a cholesterol site. If the mode was about attitude, the click-through would be to a power of positive thinking site.

Don't go all scientific on us and spoil it for us optimists

 

[Khan]

Crap, it says I'll make it to 80

 

[Amethyst]

I wonder what "sadistic" mode means?

I checked on a hale and hearty older acquaintance. The clock says he died 6 years ago!!

A.

 

[antmary]

What's normal?!?

 

[Walt34]

Oh goody! I'm gonna be a leach on the pension system for another 30 years if I'm optimistic.

OTOH, if I take the sadistic view I died in 1984. Dang....

 

[ksr]

Here's a somewhat more scientific life expectancy calculator:

Life expectancy calculator - MSN Money

It gave me a life expectancy of 102. Uh oh - I only plan to age 95 when I use FireCalc!

 

[Alan]

Here's a somewhat more scientific life expectancy calculator:

Life expectancy calculator - MSN Money

It gave me a life expectancy of 102. Uh oh - I only plan to age 95 when I use FireCalc!

I got exactly the same age, 93, but I like this better as it tells me that my ideal weight is 6lbs higher than my target weight (I like to be below 175, but it says I should be 181).

 

[Amethyst]

Here's a somewhat more scientific life expectancy calculator:

Life expectancy calculator - MSN Money

It gave me a life expectancy of 102. Uh oh - I only plan to age 95 when I use FireCalc!

Here's my read-out. Certainly is less of a downer than the Death Clock. I was really amazed to find that not drinking or driving under the influence was a negative factor! To think I have been doing it wrong all these years - I'd better go out and get a DUI right away!
Also, like Alan, I was surprised to learn that my "ideal weight" is about 10 pounds more than I had always been told by doctors (135 pounds)...true, I had to enter my height as 5 feet 8 inches, instead of the 5 feet 7.5 inches it actually is, but that should not make 10 pounds' difference.

AnswerLife Expectancy102DetailsIdeal Weight145Biggest positive factorsAge,Age of parents,GenderBiggest negative factorsFamily health,Driving under the influence,DrinkingAssumptions & SimplificationsThis calculator uses the averages for life expectancy based on your age, sex, family history and personal lifestyle.

 

[kumquat]

Here's my read-out. Certainly is less of a downer than the Death Clock. I was really amazed to find that not drinking or driving under the influence was a negative factor! To think I have been doing it wrong all these years - I'd better go out and get a DUI right away!

Interesting, when I told it I'd had a DUI, it subtracted 6 years. Feel free to get one, not me.

 

[kaudrey]

Death Clock at normal pegged me at 79. Optimistic at 97. My family's history suggests mid-80s. Sadistic had me dying last year!

The life expectancy calculator says 102. Eeek! That's a long time...

 

[Fireup2020]

50 more years! I really had not planned on living until 90...ok - here we go! Thank goodness my income in those days will be COLA'd!

Holy Bats! the MSN calculator has me living until 91!

 

[Urchina]

102? Yeah, right.

I'm aiming for 90, but frankly anything over 85 I'd consider gravy.

 

[In-control]

Thanks for that!

Boy - that is pretty scary - I guess weight and smoking are the only variables to life expectancy. So if i was a thin alcoholic - I will live to 100.

;-)

 

[bbbamI]

102? Yeah, right.

I'm aiming for 90, but frankly anything over 85 I'd consider gravy.

I figure by 75 my face will look like gravy....