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I love how, even for men, life expectancy doesn't fall below one year until age 113.
by jewayne 4y ago
I love how, even for men, life expectancy doesn't fall below one year until age 113.
- candiodari 4y agoWell that happens because the ones who die get excluded from the calculation. So it doesn't drop off nearly as fast. It's calculating P(death|age = N), not P(death|age <= N). Now luckily you can calculate the second one, by adding all values up to that age together. I would argue the value you're looking for, "when you die", is different still: P(death|age <= N, current_age=M), where M is your current age. You know, taking into account that you didn't die from sudden infant death syndrome or measles, or you wouldn't be here, but leaving everything in the future up to chance. To get that value, you should the odds of dying at all ages up to N, but only starting at your current age.