I've been self reflecting on life and also wonder how long I'm expected to live. My first inclination was to estimate based on my past relatives and how long they lived, but doesn't give me a large objective data set to evaluate from. So I found that the WHO (World Health Organization) publishes this data world wide, and the SSA (Social Security Administration) publishes a little bit more detail for Americans. These are often referred to as mortality or longevity tables and are usually prepared by actuaries.
From WHO:
https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.688
From SSA:
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
2017 Period Life Table
(There is also a tool you can use here: https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi )
Basically, life expectancy is 76 for men (81 for women), and if you reach age 60, you'll probably live till 83 for men (85 for women).
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