I spent an hour or so in a local cemetery yesterday.
Walking amongst the headstones, I was—quite honestly—shocked to see so many people die before hitting 75.
Granted, things may have different a few decades ago, but I’d say that a majority of the men I saw died in their 60s or early 70s, with probably 15% or so dying before they even got to 60. Women seemed to make it to the 70s or 80s.
In any event, it made me wonder just what my life expectancy really is, and it seems like there are a lot of charts and calculators out there on the subject, but they don’t all seem to agree with each other.
So, my questions are:
1) What life expectancy calculator or chart or formula (or whatever) do you use in your planning determinations; and
2) Do you add any years to the given life expectancy to provide additional safety margins?
Bonus points if you provide your own personal expected year of demise.
Thank you.
Walking amongst the headstones, I was—quite honestly—shocked to see so many people die before hitting 75.
Granted, things may have different a few decades ago, but I’d say that a majority of the men I saw died in their 60s or early 70s, with probably 15% or so dying before they even got to 60. Women seemed to make it to the 70s or 80s.
In any event, it made me wonder just what my life expectancy really is, and it seems like there are a lot of charts and calculators out there on the subject, but they don’t all seem to agree with each other.
So, my questions are:
1) What life expectancy calculator or chart or formula (or whatever) do you use in your planning determinations; and
2) Do you add any years to the given life expectancy to provide additional safety margins?
Bonus points if you provide your own personal expected year of demise.
Thank you.
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