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65 isn't so near EOL, the average life expectancy for a 65 year old woman is 20 years, and 18 for a man[1]. 20 years is a long time... everything you do betwee
by PostOnce 9y ago
65 isn't so near EOL, the average life expectancy for a 65 year old woman is 20 years, and 18 for a man[1].
20 years is a long time... everything you do between 15 and 35? The majority of life's accomplishments for most -- you could do that all over again between 65 and 85, now with the capital and experience to do something interesting.
I think computer-assisted medical developments might push that out another 5 years in the next decade or two; so the life expectancy is 25 instead of 20 from age 65.
[1] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
- richforrester 9y ago> everything you do between 15 and 35? The majority of life's accomplishments for most I was having a great day.
- snakeboy 9y ago> you could do that all over again between 65 and 85, now with the capital and experience to do something interesting. No reason for your day to be spoiled!
- richforrester 9y ago:) It was a bit of a bluff. I'm loving 35 as much as I loved 18. Life's good when your biggest worry is elevated blood pressure.
- ams6110 9y agoWhy does that spoil it. It's clearly not true. Most people are just starting to get life figured out at 35. Most 35-year-olds haven't accomplished all that much yet.
- tpallarino 9y agoTrue, but given this person is 65 with lung cancer, I'd imagine that life expectancy would be much lower, even assuming remission.
- paulddraper 9y ago> 65 isn't so near EOL Granted, that's the 33 percentile for age of diagnosis. In the UK at least, median age at death is more like 75 [1]. But...for breast cancer median age of death is also about 75. [2] AFAIK there isn't a dramatic age difference. [1] http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/lung-cancer/mortality#heading-One http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-s... [2] http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer/mortality#heading-Three http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-s...
- eatbitseveryday 9y ago> median age Not to be picky, but the US stats are mean, which is different from the median.
- dx034 9y agoBut median should be the one to use I guess? Or is there any reason to prefer the mean for life expectancy?
- eatbitseveryday 9y agoMedian makes sense to me :) I was just pointing out the discrepancy -- cannot (should not) specifically make a contrast between median of one data set and mean of another.