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01-16-2003, 09:08 AM
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1/2 Marathon May 15 2011
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Green Bay, WI
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How long will you live?
Ouch. this is an eye opener - me? 67 - I don't like that number
Calculate Your Life Expectancy!
While there is no sure way to calculate your life expectancy, there are certain guidelines that can give you rough estimates. If you are between 25 and 65 years of age and reasonably healthy, this test provides a statistical view of your life expectancy.
Start with the number 72
• If you are male, subtract 3.
• If you are female, add 4.
• If you live in an urban area with the population over 2 million, subtract 2.
• If a grandparent lived to age 85 or over, add 6.
• If all four grandparents lived to age 80 or over, add 6.
• If either parent died of a stroke or heart attack before 50, subtract 4.
• If a family member under 50 has (or had) cancer, a heart condition, or diabetes, subtract 2.
• As an individual, do you earn over $60,000 a year? subtract 2.
• If you finished college, add 1.
• If you have a graduate or professional degree, add 2 more.
• If you are 65 or over and still working, add 3.
• If you live with a spouse or friend, add 5.
• If you live alone, subtract 1 for every 10 years alone since age 25.
• If you work behind a desk, subtract 3.
• If your work requires heavy physical labor, add 3.
• If you exercise strenuously three to five times a week, add 3.
• Do you sleep more than 10 hours each night? Subtract 4.
• Are you intense? Aggressive? Easily angered? Subtract 3.
• Are you easy-going and relaxed? Add 3.
• Are you happy? Add 1. Unhappy? Subtract 2.
• Have you had a speeding ticket in the last year? Subtract 1.
• Do you smoke more than two packs a day? Subtract 8. One or two packs? Subtract 6. One - half to one pack? Subtract 3.
• Do you drink the equivalent of two drinks of hard liquor a day? Subtract 1.
• Are you overweight? By 50 lbs., Subtract 8. By 30-50 lbs, Subtract 4. By 10-30 lbs., Subtract 2.
• Are you a man over 40 and have annual checkups? Add 2.
• If you are a woman and see a gynecologist once a year, add 2.
• If you are between 30 and 40, add 2.
• If you are between 40 and 50, add 3.
• If you are between 50 and 70, add 4.
• If you are over 70, add 5.
Now total it all up and you'll have a rough estimate of how long you can expect to live.
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01-16-2003, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,589
Height: 5'3"
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Interesting, though I have heard on the news that being overweight will reduce your life expectancy by more than the numbers you have here.
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01-16-2003, 10:04 AM
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Future marathon runner
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 817
S/C/G: 310/185/Where my body takes me
Height: 5'8"
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I am going to live to be 75 I'm happy with that
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01-16-2003, 10:04 AM
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Losin It For GOOD!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,131
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I'll live to 77! how about you?
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01-16-2003, 10:09 AM
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1/2 Marathon May 15 2011
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Green Bay, WI
Posts: 2,420
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Jen.. this was just for fun.. so the numbers might not be accurate.
what am i doing wrong? maybe I should have said yes to exercise, that would give me 3 years. Do you all have old grandparents or something?
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01-16-2003, 10:13 AM
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Losin It For GOOD!
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,131
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I do have old grandparents, so maybe that's helping. Also only history of cancer in my family was after age 75! No smoking, no drinking, see the obgyn...
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01-16-2003, 10:24 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Nebraska, USA
Posts: 516
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I'll live to 80 according to this. However, if I do this using the information from a year ago, I would have only lived to 68. How's that for incentive!
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01-16-2003, 10:36 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 20
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Wow. Freaky. According to this, I'll live to see 64. That's how old my Mom was when she died.
Sandie
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01-16-2003, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Posts: 673
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Ummmm I have to be the oddball only 61 YIKES.
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01-16-2003, 11:37 AM
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having Senior Moments
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: desert southwest
Posts: 339
S/C/G: 265/ticker/145
Height: 5'4"
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Don't worry Kim - according to this, I should have died last year at age 56. But then all my grandparents were dead before or shortly after I was born, and both my parents had heart disease before age 50, so besides my weight and inactivity I have genetics against me.
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01-16-2003, 01:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 587
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OK. Maybe I win? Mine was 81! My grandparents live forever. . .
I'm sure this is not that accurate, but to think about my getting down to goal adding more than EIGHT YEARS to my life - that's motivating!
angi
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01-16-2003, 02:25 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 2,779
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I came up with an 81 as well. I was steaming right along until I came to the obesity part. I only subtracted the 8 they mention but I'm more than 50 lbs overweight so probably would lose a few more years that way. So when I get down to ONLY 50 lbs overweight, I'll have more confidence in 81.
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01-16-2003, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 2,779
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And I'm lousy at math - I redid it several times till I came up with 85 more than twice. So believe me, I'm happy with that. My Mom is currently 86.
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01-16-2003, 05:09 PM
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Slowly going crazy!
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 140
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Oooh...I got an 89! ! ! !
I'm gonna out live ya'll *ROTFL*...
Gosh I hope I keep my sanity the whole time. (as well as keep my bladder under control at that age as well)
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01-16-2003, 05:23 PM
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Beauty, Brawn and Brains!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: California
Posts: 3,010
S/C/G: 298(O)/268.2(RS)/247.9.0/175.0
Height: 5'9''
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60... man, I am screwed.
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