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11-29-2007, 11:47 PM
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Re: Can Today\'s 50 Year Old Be Favored To Reach 90?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] DS, I doubt it. Theres too high a risk of accidental death for most people who IMO will be able to fit the correct lifestyle patterns (wealthy, fit). You may, however, be able to find a really small subset that fits it, but no way of really testing. I think you could get pretty close... Maybe 35-45%? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah. If only there was an industry built on pricing this sort of proposition. If only... [/ QUOTE ] I dunno if they get down to specifics like: "Do you eat a calorie restricted diet everyday?" "Do you eat red meat?" "What religion are you?" "How happy is your marriage?" "Are these answers to these health questions accurate?" Obv actuaries give us a starting point and I'd like to imagine DS realizes this as well and wants to see what is beyond them. [/ QUOTE ] If actuaries give us a starting point, then isn't it sensible to start there rather than speculate about what to do when we reach the end of their data's use? edit: decided not to edit after all. 
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11-30-2007, 12:00 AM
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Re: Can Today\'s 50 Year Old Be Favored To Reach 90?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] DS, I doubt it. Theres too high a risk of accidental death for most people who IMO will be able to fit the correct lifestyle patterns (wealthy, fit). You may, however, be able to find a really small subset that fits it, but no way of really testing. I think you could get pretty close... Maybe 35-45%? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah. If only there was an industry built on pricing this sort of proposition. If only... [/ QUOTE ] I dunno if they get down to specifics like: "Do you eat a calorie restricted diet everyday?" "Do you eat red meat?" "What religion are you?" "How happy is your marriage?" "Are these answers to these health questions accurate?" Obv actuaries give us a starting point and I'd like to imagine DS realizes this as well and wants to see what is beyond them. [/ QUOTE ] If actuaries give us a starting point, then isn't it sensible to start there rather than speculate about what to do when we reach the end of their data's use? edit: decided not to edit after all. [/ QUOTE ] Apologies. Clearly DS in his senile ramblings wants real tangible answers instead of random musings like every other thread he creates (Barring that one he made that landed me a little 2p2 vacay). My error.
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11-30-2007, 01:10 AM
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Re: Can Today\'s 50 Year Old Be Favored To Reach 90?
I doubt it. Ill health and diminished capacity are what is depressing as hell, not simply being old. But not all people get a huge dose of that before dying. If you hit 90, you've probably got pretty good genes, so you might be one of the ones still doing okay when older.
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11-30-2007, 11:39 AM
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Re: Can Today\'s 50 Year Old Be Favored To Reach 90?
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why do people want to live that old. it is depressing as hell. [/ QUOTE ] Bush Sr. is in his eighties and in good health and still sky diving. It's not that depressing. He could be our first ex-president to make it over 100.
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11-30-2007, 04:45 PM
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Re: Can Today\'s 50 Year Old Be Favored To Reach 90?
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Bush Sr. is in his eighties and in good health and still sky diving. It's not that depressing. He could be our first ex-president to make it over 100. [/ QUOTE ] he's on prozac and other drugs I've heard.
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