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11 January 2007, 07:39 AM
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Calculation of Life-Expectancy
Comment: Purported to be based upon research conducted at Harvard
http://www.icmarc.org/xp/rc/planning...longevity.html 
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#2
11 January 2007, 07:49 AM
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Well, I got 63, which is much higher than I've ever gotten on any of these things before. The good news is that this one must be much more accurate than all those other ones, being straight out of Harvard and all.
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#3
11 January 2007, 07:53 AM
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84, although there's a 24-point boost in there because I have 2 great aunts and a great-grandmother who lived/are living into their 90s. I'm not aware of anybody on the male side of either family living that long.
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11 January 2007, 11:21 AM
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87 for me. Well not too bad, considering all my grandparents have survived past age 80 (eldest died at that very age predicted by Harvard's link).
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#6
11 January 2007, 11:43 AM
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88 for me, but the logic seems a bit flawed.
Like flossing your teeth leads to longevity? And if you eat a balanced healthy diet, do you really need to take Vitamin E and Selenium supplements?
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#7
11 January 2007, 11:46 AM
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84 for me. Guess I'd better start saving for my retirement!
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#8
11 January 2007, 11:48 AM
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I got 79. Not bad, considering few on either side of my family live that long.
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11 January 2007, 11:56 AM
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89.
I was slightly confused by what regular teeth flossing had to do with a longer life expectancy, keeping your own teeth, sure, but plenty of old people have false teeth..... Scout.
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#10
11 January 2007, 12:04 PM
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#17. Allows for no middle ground, were I imagine most people are in relation to stress.
#19. I had two grandparents who died in their 80's. By this rationale they count the same as if they died much younger, say in their 30's. Also, unless you're already 60/70 ish the chances are that your parents/aunts/uncles won't have reached 90 yet, for you tell if they're going to live to that age. #21. Lifting my pint hand could constitute exercise as far as this question goes. #11. I presume flossing is used on the assumption that if you do, you are likely to have other good habits. I got 82, but this test is very flawed.
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#11
11 January 2007, 01:10 PM
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These questions are based on this book and quiz. He basically just compares your answers to people who reached 100. His quiz is much more thorough, but I got the identical results--90. Now watch me get hit by a bus tomorrow.
 I read about the flossing thing once, and it wasn't that it makes you live longer in and of itself, but that the study found that people who bothered to floss tend to take care of themselves better in general.
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#12
11 January 2007, 01:42 PM
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Hey, I got a 91. I had to answer "I don't know" to question 18 though, because neither of my parents have reached 75 yet.
ETA: But apparently if I drank beer/wine/liquor in moderate amounts (instead of not at all) I would add a year to my life.
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11 January 2007, 01:59 PM
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I got 84. But as I always say, life without lots of chocolate and booze isn't worth living.
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11 January 2007, 02:41 PM
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Quote:
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#16
11 January 2007, 02:58 PM
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91, god help me.
At least I'm unlikely to retain my mind all that time, thanks to Alzheimers.
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#17
11 January 2007, 03:29 PM
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Hard to believe how accurate that is, based on so little information. Ethnicity, income, education, occupation, and health-care are not addressed, which I believe make an enormous difference. Depression is a risk factor, and is not part of this superficial survey. I think they got a lot right, though.
I got 86, but if I lose weight, cut the saturated fats, and floss regularly, it's 92. Both figures seem a bit optimistic. However, at 48, I would like at least another 30 years of reasonably good health, especially now that I'm entering into a new marriage, and will be a parent to at least one young child. I hope my negative factors are outweighed by the positives. I've recently been making efforts to improve my health - that portion which I can control - so I do have reasonable hope to make it to at least 80. Quality of life is more important than longevity, but I'd like that, barring serious health problems, especially Alzheimers.
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#18
11 January 2007, 04:22 PM
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97, it said. HA! Not bloody likely, I think. But if I do live that long, I fully intend to make use of my autumn years by being as guano-insane as possible. DH and I have already agreed that once I'm a member of AARP, I may resume dyeing my hair cotton-candy pink. (He likes the blonde.) I also intend to spend my retirement painting and playing video games, so that should at least annoy the kids.
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#19
11 January 2007, 04:28 PM
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94. But with all the diseases I'll probably go through by that time, they better darn well have robots to put my brain in.
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