WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'LL LIVE?

This method is designed to show how life insurance companies project the life expectancy of persons between 20 and 65 who are reasonably healthy.

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Flag Start with the number 72. Space
Gender
Gender If you are a male subtract 3, if female add 4. Space
Lifestyle
If you live in a city of more than 2,000,000,
subtract 2.
Space
If you live in a town under 10,000 add 2. Space
City life means pollution and tension.
If you work behind a desk subtract 3. Space
If your work requires regular heavy physical labor, add 3. Space
If you live with a spouse or friend, add 5. Space
If not, subtract 1 for every 10 years alone since age 25. Space
People who live together eat better, take care of each other
and are less depressed.
Psyche
Sleep more than 10 hours each night? Subtract 4. Space
Excessive sleep is a sign of depression, circulatory diseases.
Are you intense, aggressive, easily angered? Subtract 3. Space
Are you easygoing, relaxed, a follower? Add 3. Space
Are you happy? Add 1. Space
Unhappy? Subtract 2. Space
Have you had a speeding ticket in the last year? Subtract 1. Space
Success
Graduate Earn over $75,000 per year? Subtract 2. Space
Wealth breeds high living, tension.
If you finished university, add 1. Space
If you have a graduate or professional degree, add 2 more. Space
Education seems to lead to moderation; at least that's theroy.
If you are 65 and over and still working, add 3. Space
Retirement kills.
Heredity
If a grandparent lived to 85, add 2. If all 4 lived to 80, add 6. Space
If either parent died of a stroke or heart attack before age 50, subtract 4. Space
If any parent, brother or sister under 50 has or (had) cancer or heart condition, or has had diabetes since childhood, subtract 4. Space
Health
Cigarettes Smoke more than two packs a day? Subtract 8. Space
One to two packs per day? Subtract 6. Space
One half to one pack per day? Subtract 3. Space
Drink the equivalent of quarter bottle of liquor a day? Subtract 1. Space
Overweight by 50 Lbs. or more? Subtract 8. Space
Overweight by 30 to 50 Lbs.? Subtract 4. Space
Overweight by 10 to 30 Lbs.? Subtract 2. Space
Men over 40, if you have annual checkups, add 2. Space
Women if you see a gynecologist once a year, add 2. Space
Age
Age Adjustment If you are between 30 and 40 - Add 2 Space
If you are between 40 and 50 - Add 3. Space
If you are between 50 and 70 - Add 4. Space
If you are over 70 - Add 5. Space

Adapted from http://www.acbonline.com/life_exp.htm and the Rathus book