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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Since everyone in the previous one is dead, why would they take the chance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

100% of people who live, die. Don't live! Wait, no...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Actually, only around 92% of all people who ever lived, died. So there is a chance!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The later in history you’re born, the lower your chances of dying. People born in 2024 have only a ~3% chance of being dead, while the death rate for people born just 100 years ago is over 99%. We’ve gotten much better at being alive as time goes on!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This table from the SSA messes me up. Apparently at 119 you’ve still got a 1 in 10 chance of survival. That seems rather optimistic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

IF you have already lived to 119 …..

Your life expectancy is 0.6 years …..

AND you have a one in ten chance of surviving one year