Odds of Living to an Advanced Age

[Mitch86]

I just checked on the internet and found that only 1 out of 10 men live to age 90. I am age 90 now. Also, only 1 out of 100 men live to age 95!

Thus, my old age is really a TERMINAL illness!

 

[VaughanJB]

See, that's great news for you, and terrible news for everyone else.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

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[CallMeKate]

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No fair! I was too slow to see it! @MACKTEXAS

 

[MACKTEXAS]

No fair! I was too slow to see it! @MACKTEXAS

I was just going to say we all have a terminal illness since birth. We just don't know when it will happen.

 

[CallMeKate]

I was just going to say we all have a terminal illness since birth. We just don't know when it will happen.

Ya know, that's exactly what I thought when reading the original post... "isn't everyone terminal from day one?"
Thanks for answering, Mack... I was just teasing with ya, but it's good to know others think the way I do.

 

[Aunt Bea]

The odds and statistics are interesting but not of much value to us as individuals.

I’ve got my three score and ten so I feel fortunate.

I’ll just keep going until I can’t go anymore.

 

[seadoug]

I just checked on the internet and found that only 1 out of 10 men live to age 90. I am age 90 now. Also, only 1 out of 100 men live to age 95!

Thus, my old age is really a TERMINAL illness!

Relish in the fact that you have defied the odds!

 

[Murrmurr]

You're an inspiration, Mitch. A rare one, apparently.

 

[Manatee]

The figures that I read on the net said that 4.7 % of males will reach age 90. I am 91 now.

 

[horseless carriage]

To live a long life, smoke twenty huge Havanah cigars a day, have brandy for breakfast and take on one of life's most stressful jobs, like the nation's leader in times of war. It worked for Winston Churchill.

 

[officerripley]

My family is long-lived; my huzz's family usually only make it to their early 70s. In fact, early in our marriage when I told my mother-in-law that one of my great-aunts had lived to 102, she didn't believe me at first.

 

[JustDave]

See, that's great news for you, and terrible news for everyone else.

I was listening to an interview with some researchers on super seniors, generally described as those who get to ripe old ages, but are still lucid and active. Anyway, someone offered a fact, which one of the researchers quickly supported. From memory it is something like, "You have better chance of making it to 80 than you do to 70."

I have a vague intuitive sense that this is right, but I'm not sure how such a study was conducted. Perhaps the percentage of those in their 70s who make it to 80 is higher than the percentage of those in their 60s who make it to 70. Of course, I don't have the data. I'm just trying to find a way that may explain the claim.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Well, my dad died when he was 83 on heart disease. My older brother died when he was 83 from heart disease. I'm 79 and I'm seeing a cardiologist for the first time on Monday.
I want to make it till I'm 80, or I'll be really tee-ed off.

 

[palides2021]

I was listening to an interview with some researchers on super seniors, generally described as those who get to ripe old ages, but are still lucid and active. Anyway, someone offered a fact, which one of the researchers quickly supported. From memory it is something like, "You have better chance of making it to 80 than you do to 70."

I have a vague intuitive sense that this is right, but I'm not sure how such a study was conducted. Perhaps the percentage of those in their 70s who make it to 80 is higher than the percentage of those in their 60s who make it to 70. Of course, I don't have the data. I'm just trying to find a way that may explain the claim.

I know what you're talking about. I think what they are trying to say is that making it to 70 has its own problems, but men who are able to turn 70 and surpass that, have a better chance of making it to 80. Does that make sense?

 

[JustDave]

I know what you're talking about. I think what they are trying to say is that making it to 70 has its own problems, but men who are able to turn 70 and surpass that, have a better chance of making it to 80. Does that make sense?

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's what it means. But I'm still lacking enough details to explain why. I'm not even sure the study explains why. It was possibly limited to a statistical analysis.

 

[Mitch86]

My Dad died at age 72. My Grandpa died at age 68. My brother died at 83. I still made it to 90 so far. Maybe having discussions here makes me live longer than most.

 

[Trish]

My Dad died at age 72. My Grandpa died at age 68. My brother died at 83. I still made it to 90 so far. Maybe having discussions here makes me live longer than most.

Or maybe it's because you are tasked with controlling such things as urban development, exploration, government, trade, research and military as you lead the entire human civilization through the next several millennia. You have to keep on going @Mitch86 - the World is depending on your leadership

Actually, I do think that keeping your mind active is as important as exercise and diet. It seems you are doing all the right things

 

[Beezer]

Most everyone in my family lives to a ripe old age...but we all lose our minds. I started early on that one.

 

[Babs2u]

I was listening to an interview with some researchers on super seniors, generally described as those who get to ripe old ages, but are still lucid and active. Anyway, someone offered a fact, which one of the researchers quickly supported. From memory it is something like, "You have better chance of making it to 80 than you do to 70."

I have a vague intuitive sense that this is right, but I'm not sure how such a study was conducted. Perhaps the percentage of those in their 70s who make it to 80 is higher than the percentage of those in their 60s who make it to 70. Of course, I don't have the data. I'm just trying to find a way that may explain the claim.

Could it be that there is a smaller field to pick from after 70 giving you better odds. That is probably a stupid comment but I am way too tired to pursue it. Interesting question.

 

[DaveA]

I'm with Mitch and Manatee, at 91.
My wife is right along with us at 89. We started out as teen-agers. Wonder what the odds are for lifetime couples to both hit 90?

 

[outlander]

I guess I won't have much of a choice in the matter, but I would prefer a shorter life where I am productive until the end. Living into my 90's but being dependent on someone else and not being able to do most of the things I want sounds depressing.

 

[hearlady]

I just checked on the internet and found that only 1 out of 10 men live to age 90. I am age 90 now. Also, only 1 out of 100 men live to age 95!

Thus, my old age is really a TERMINAL illness!

Enjoy each day fully!

 

[mrstime]

My father died at 59, grandpa was 76, grandma died at 85. I'm 85 now. I used to wonder why old people seemed so content knowing their time was short, I understand now.

 

[JustDave]

Actually, I do think that keeping your mind active is as important as exercise and diet. It seems you are doing all the right things

I think those things make life better, but as I recall that interview with the folks studying Super Agers, they did not find such a correlation to exist, as we would expect. Super agers violated good health practices as much as normal agers. The conclusion, always tenuous of course, was that it has more to do with genetic luck.