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How would you calculate the average time between deaths of the currently oldest person, assuming a constant population and constant max age?
by TwoBit 9y ago
How would you calculate the average time between deaths of the currently oldest person, assuming a constant population and constant max age?
- w1ntermute 9y agohttps://math.stackexchange.com/questions/349155/how-often-does-it-happen-that-the-oldest-person-alive-dies https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/349155/how-often-do...
- hashhar 9y agoThat's a rabbit hole I'll be digging up now. It was quite interesting. There should be a dedicated website for such obscure things. Reddit helps but doesn't cover a lot of ground.
- tomerico 9y agoA quick approximation is the life expectancy of a person that is around 117 years old. Looking at https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html it's around 0.72 years.