What Do You Think Is Your Life Expectency

In other words how long do you think you will live?

Why do you want to know? Are you going to insure my life with you as the beneficiary?

I think I might make it to 75; I don’t think I want to live any longer than that.

I voted 70-75, simply because I have a pre-existing heart condition. The typical useful lifetime of a bypass graft is 10-15 years, which means I may need another operation at 65. That said, right now I’m in WAY better physical shape than most 40 year old guys, so maybe I can beat the odds.

60-65. My grandfather died at 63, my dad died at 62. I have no reason to believe that I’ll significantly buck that trend.

The women in my family tend to keel over at an average of 68, so I’ll go with that. And I’m okay with it.

I plan on beating Methuselah’s record.

I figure anywhere from another two months to as much as five years. Health conditions are closing in faster then ever. I would not be surprised at anything. IF I can avoid pain in the process, that’s all I can ask for.

I’m shooting for over 100 in good health, I’ve got a little over 70 years to go to hit 100 and maybe by then they’ll have cancer cured and anti aging figured out so joe schmoe can afford it.

If that’s the case I’ll be a demented 100+ y.o. with the body of a 25 y.o.

According to this site I’ll live to 77.

I’ve always planned to be around in 2050, when I’ll be 87. The women in my family are very long-lived, usually to 87 or older. I just completed the calculator linked to by DCnDC, and it gave my life expectancy as 98.

My mother was 80, and her mother was 93 at death. My father’s side was in their 50s, but they were alcoholics and diabetics without benefit of antibiotics. My sister, who has chronic leukemia, is now 73. My brother, who has more medical problems than any three people, is 74. Considering modern medical procedures, I think my chances of surviving until my 80s is pretty good.

I put 70-75. I’m significantly overweight, but working on it, and my diet and exercise in the last few years has achieved some pretty concrete results on my health - my blood pressure and all my bloodwork is fantastic, and my fitness tests are all in the average or better range for my age group according my last test – including the step test (which measures cardiovascular fitness when exercising).

Perhaps I’m being optimistic, but I’m hoping for the best. :slight_smile:

A few years back I would’ve given it into the 80s, but do to my lack of a good job now, no health insurance, etc etc

I think I’ll be lucky to see 60. Even if I got a great job with wonderful health care and stuff, the damage is done already and while some can be reversed, in my case it probably too late.

But then again, one never knows, after all a 20 year old can get hit by a bus tomorrow

Despite being in good physical health and having a whole host of long-lived relatives, I can’t see myself living past 40.

But then again, when I was 20 I didn’t think I’d live to see 30.

So with my luck, I’ll probably live to be the oldest person in the world. :slight_smile:

I’m in fairly good shape, I excercise, my Grandfather lived til 95.

My father died at 62. :frowning:

It’s a crapshoot.

The site that DCnDC linked to says that I’ll live to 90. I’m all right with that.

I can’t answer the poll.

Given my vices and my family’s health history, and more specifically my family member’s health history who had the same vices I do, I could live from any minute now to about my mid-80s.

No man knows the day or the hour . . .

My dad lived to be 83, and my mom turns 85 today. They were both heavy smokers for many, many years, and I’m in much better shape at 43 than they were at the same age. Combine all of that with the expected continuing improvements in medical technology, and I’ll give myself at least 90 years.

All my grandparents are already dead. Three of them died in their 60s and the fourth, my paternal grandfather, died at 79. I live a mostly healthy lifestyle. I think I’ll live to 76 or 77.

My dad died at 49, my mom at 66. He had a ruptured aneurysm, she smoked 3 packs a day and died of lung cancer.
Three of my 4 grandparents died at age 93, so I’ve decided to follow their example. :stuck_out_tongue: