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For the Actuarials...years you have left...probably

Braggart
Braggart Posts: 247
edited January 2016 in Off Topic
I was reading an interesting piece on what life was like 100 years ago, and stumbled across this life expectancy simulation.   

The simulation is geared towards what "range" you can expect to live beyond, based on average life expectancies in the US. 

Shame there isn't an input for barbecuing with good food and friends.   

Enjoy

http://flowingdata.com/2015/09/23/years-you-have-left-to-live-probably
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Comments

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,206
    Interesting read!  The author touched on, but didn't fully spell out, a curious tidbit: 150 years ago the average lifespan in the US was only in the 30's, but if you removed all the "infant mortality" deaths (a term actually used by us Reliability Engineers), deaths between 0 and 5 years, then the average jumps up into the 50s.  Child health care and immunizations made all the difference.  
     
    I also chuckled at the inclusion of getting our driver's license, and old enough to buy beer.   =)
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  • Braggart
    Braggart Posts: 247
    Large BGE
    MMax BGE
    Weber gasser
    Pizza oven
    2 Dogs Back to 3 Dogs
    No neighbours 
    Living in Canada's bush
  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    Botch said:
    Interesting read!  The author touched on, but didn't fully spell out, a curious tidbit: 150 years ago the average lifespan in the US was only in the 30's, but if you removed all the "infant mortality" deaths (a term actually used by us Reliability Engineers), deaths between 0 and 5 years, then the average jumps up into the 50s.  Child health care and immunizations made all the difference.  
     
    I also chuckled at the inclusion of getting our driver's license, and old enough to buy beer.   =)
    That is a very good point.  Shows how statistical information  can be misleading when one doesn't know all of the facts behind the statistical number.and while I am not a "Reliability Engineer", as an Electronics Engineer, I am well aware of the bathtub curve for failure rates.  Infant mortality vs. end of life.
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