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'The article starts "A baby born in the U.S. this year is likely to live to blow out 78 birthday candles . . . " That would mean he or she would make it to age
by krigath 14y ago
'The article starts "A baby born in the U.S. this year is likely to live to blow out 78 birthday candles . . . " That would mean he or she would make it to age 12.'
I like this comment :)
- adrianbg 14y agoThat doesn't account for inflation over time in the value of candles.
- squarecat 14y agoMaths FTW! http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-why-we-die-global-life-expectancy#comment-03 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-w...
- Stefan_H 14y agoEven if you take 78 birthday candles to mean reach the age of 78, then there is still an issue with that statement. Likely to reach the age of 78 implies that the median age is 78, not the average. The median age is likely different than 78 (my guess is lower due to the distribution being skewed left - but that is just a guess)