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"if you are going to use life expectancy at birth ..." Who said you should use this as a gauge? That included lots of coal miners who were dying of black lung
by melling 9y ago
"if you are going to use life expectancy at birth ..."
Who said you should use this as a gauge? That included lots of coal miners who were dying of black lung, etc.
One value isn't a very good indicator. By state and race varies greatly, for example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_ex...
The current life expectancy of an Asian American in California is 86 years old.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Who said you should use this as a gauge? Implicitly, all the people in this thread—including you—pointing to the current US male life expectancy at birth. I just say that if you are going to use life expectancy at birth, at least use one applicable to the birth of the person in question.
- melling 9y agoYeah, as I already explained twice why the life expectancy at birth in 1950, would not apply. That number includes a lot of premature deaths that no longer apply. Ideally, you’d apply a conditional probability. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/768215/conditional-probability-and-life-expectancy https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/768215/conditional-... If you go to the Social Security site, for example, you can calculate your life expectancy. https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi For a male born on Dec 1, 1952, your current life expectancy is 84 years old.