A Long Shot: How To Think About Lifespan Calculators
A Long Shot: How To Think About Lifespan Calculators
October 17, 2018
How long will I live? Perhaps not a question you routinely ask yourself, yet probably something that most of us have thought about. While there’s no easy way to determine your fate, there are multiple “longevity calculators” available online that can predict your potential lifespan, while also providing you with suggestions to improve your forecast. Interested in knowing more? Two recent articles, in The Baltimore Sun and VeryWellHealth.com, provide multiple calculator options. Writing in The Baltimore Sun, journalist Stacey Burling highlights available calculators, and their pros and cons, as she attempts to confirm her own suspicions that she’ll live a long life. Writing in VeryWellHealth, Dr. Mark Stibich suggests that RealAge was the most comprehensive longevity calculator out there, but he also reviews several more. Together, these articles review 8 different calculators for you to try. So pull out your spreadsheets and review your calculator options here and here.
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