How Long Will you Live?

by Dean P. Foster, Choong Tze Chua, and Lyle H. Ungar, at the University of Pennsylvania..

The following will all make predictions as to how long you will live:

Our short form life calculator (less than one minute) is particularly useful for financial planning.
The newest one works for people over 50. It will tell you your optimal weight.
Our longer version of the life calculator (about 5 minutes), is good for exploring more health choices under your control.
A phone friendly version of it was put together by Abaris.

How we do the calculations

Expository summary
Mathematical summary
Basic life table concepts
Some of the data used in the calculations
general_calculations
Health habits are equated to exercise
References

Health information about other countries

The predictions of our calculator are based on data about Americans so the forecasts won't be as useful for people from different cultures. See below for more global information.

Other health-related items

Life tables change over time.
Our own: Would you walk a mile to smoke one cigarette?
The Australian government's pointers to health-related sites
NIH's view on: Life Extension: Science or Science Fiction?
National safety council's list of Accident rates (unintentional)
American Council on Science and Health's Facts versus fears (inclualar, cranberries, etc)
Some ways to keep mentally fit from the new scientist (local mirror)

ungar@cis.upenn.edu

foster@stat.wharton.upenn.edu