I too found this statement confusing. If you click through the link you'll find that the source says something slightly different: "Over 78 years, one spends a

I too found this statement confusing. If you click through the link you'll find that the source says something slightly different: "Over 78 years, one spends an average of about $1.6 million dollars just to survive. Of this, one spends about $1M on housing, food, and cars." So (according to the source) survival costs 1.6M of which the 3 biggest expenses add up to 1M. They don't say what comprises the other 600k. Health care? Eduction? Clothing? Child care? Just some guesses....