It turns out when you live to be 76 you can’t have died before you’re 76.

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Mar 19, 2023
12:25:40am

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royal_blue

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Interesting actuarial table on life expectancy by age.

stenso

Mar 18, 11:40pm

It's just because they didn't die early

El Jefe

Mar 18, 11:42pm

This. It's all based on conditional probabilities.

jreid191

Mar 18, 11:50pm

The key to immortality: just keep living. That's my plan. So far so good.

HandwovenBox

Mar 18, 11:56pm

It turns out when you live to be 76 you can’t have died before you’re 76.

royal_blue

Mar 19, 12:25am

Exactly

El Jefe

Mar 19, 1:49am

Sounds sexist.

panacablue

Mar 19, 6:34am

Fascinating to try and analyze. At 76 years old, column 2 shows only 40% died.

cougfrvr

Mar 19, 5:46am

Also interesting that we are buying life insurance when chance of death is only

cougfrvr

Mar 19, 6:00am

Based off of the number of GoFundMes I see that are trying to cover funerals

TwinsRight

Mar 19, 6:51am

That’s each year though, right? What are the odds that a 25-yo will die before

Odysseus

Mar 19, 8:12am

It's interesting to see that I am in the .9 difference a year range.

Courtimedes

Mar 19, 7:36am

None of this seems to factor in what I ate yesterday

Methusaleh22

Mar 19, 8:14am

Who is more likely to live to 100, a newborn or a 99 year old? I think it helps

LeGrandBleu

Mar 19, 9:14am

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