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LIFE EXPECTANCY CALCULATOR Start with the number 72 as your current life expectancy. What is your gender? If you are male, subtract 3. If you are female, add 4. What age group do you belong to? If you are under 30, add 2. If you are between 30 and 40, add 2. If you are between 40 and 50, add 3. If you are between 50 and 70, add 4. If you are over 70, add 5. What is your Body Mass Index rating? To calculate your Body Mass, go to the Adult BMI (Body Mass Index) Calculator) at http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm)
• If your BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the "underweight" range, subtract 1. • If your BMI is 18.5 to 24.9, it falls within the "normal" or Healthy Weight range, add 2. • If your BMI is 25.0 to 29.9, it falls within the "overweight" range, subtract 2. • If your BMI is 30.0 or higher, it falls within the "obese" range, subtract 4.
If a grandparent lived to age 85 or over, add 6. If all four grandparents lived to age 80 or over, add 6. If either parent died of a stroke or heart attack before age 50, subtract 4. If any close relative (parent, brother or sister) have (or had) cancer or a heart condition, or has diabetes, subtract 2. Do you smoke? Never smoked, add 1. Quit, add 0. One half to one pack a day? Subtract 3. One or two packs a day? Subtract 6. Two packs a day? Subtract 8. Do you drink the equivalent of two drinks of hard liquor (2 glasses of wine, 2 beers, 2 mixed drinks) a day? If yes, subtract 1. If you are male, over 40, and have annual medical checkups, Add 2.
If you are a woman and see a gynecologist once a year, add 2. How often do you exercise strenuously (gym, running, etc.)?
Less than two times a week, add 0. Two or three times a week, add 2. Five times a week for at least one half hour, add 4. Do you sleep more than 10 hours each night? If yes, subtract 4. If you live in an urban area with the population over 2 million, subtract 2. If you live with a spouse or friend, add 5. If you live alone, for every 10 years lived alone since age 25, subtract 1.
As an individual, do you earn over $60,000 a year? If yes, subtract 2. If you have a college degree, add 1. If you have a graduate or professional degree, add 2. If you are 65 or over and continue to work, add 3. If you have a desk job, subtract 3. If your work requires strenuous physical labor, add 3. Are you intense? Aggressive? Easily angered? If yes, subtract 3. Are you easy going and relaxed? If yes, add 3. Are you happy? Add 1. If you are unhappy, Subtract 2. Have you had a speeding ticket in the last year? If yes, subtract 1. Calculate your score to get your life expectancy at this time. Now compare your life expectancy to the national average for various ages. Those with current ages of zero to ten, their life expectancy average are age 69.8 for males and 77.2 for females.
Those with current ages of eleven to 19, their life expectancy average are age 70.3 for males and 77.5 for females. Those with current ages of 20 to 29, their life expectancy average are age 71.2 for males and 77.8 for females. Those with current ages of 30 to 39, their life expectancy average are age 71.3 for males and 77.9 for females. Those with current ages of 40 to 49, their life expectancy average are age 73.5 for males and 79.4 for females. Those with current ages of 50 to 59, their life expectancy average are age 76.1 for males and 79 for females. Those with current ages of 60 to 69, their life expectancy average are age 80.2 for males and 83.6 for females. Those with current ages of 70 to 79, their life expectancy average are age 85.9 for males and 87.7 for females. Those with current ages of 80 to 89, their life expectancy average are age 90 for males and 91.1 for females.