Life Expectancy - What's Your Take?

83....hmmm...we will see! My weight is steady going down .I bet if I put my starting weight in there, it would have been much younger. Down 81 pounds since Oct 11, 2012 and I expect to be down another 80 or so by summer. We shall see how that goes! Butmy number will change with that, and my activity continues to increase :).

But no, tomorrow is never guaranteed for any of us...so these kind of things are fun only :).

I'm working and in a nephrology waiting room now so I can't do the calculator but I have absolutely no desire to live to be 105! I see modern medicine to me a mix of good and bad (I work for an anatomical pathology laboratory - dealing with cancer every day).

I just hope to continue to live a great life and not live too long that I am a miserable mess for myself and daughter.

I got an 89, which is plenty long enough for me. So, I should be dying in 2070--I'll be sure to plan my life accordingly--but, seeing as this is a calculator provided by a life insurance company, I actually question its validity. With my weight and inactivity, 89 seems quite generous. Perhaps Northwestern Mutual's calculator is designed to overestimate lifespans, so that people buy more whole life insurance to provide for them in their elder years. Yep, I'm a cynic.

My maternal grandparents died at 79 (Parkinson's) and 86 (combination of strokes, dementia, and age).

My paternal grandfather died due to medical malpractice at the Mayo Clinic when he was in his 60s. My grandma is still alive, and aside from needing a pacemaker and the occassional UTI from a catheter she had to have from a botched bladder surgery, she's healthy and is 91.

No cancer in my bloodline, except for my dad who has early emphysema from his smoking habit that started when he was 9 yrs old.

It didn't ask any mental health questions--my little brother has bipolar and schizophrenia; my dad's uncle was institutionalized, although no one ever says what he actually had; my cousin has bipolar, and recently my father has started to exhibit signs of SOMETHING going on with his mind. I wonder how mental health would factor into a calculation.

considering both of my parents moms died when they were 9 and my grandfathers died in their early 60's i choose not to take a silly caluclator and be bummed about the probabilities based on crazy questions

now if i knew i'd have a good number i;d be having fun with you guys=)

My maternal grandfather was almost 93. I would like to live a long time IF I can avoid talking weird for my last 10 years. I told DH that if I go that route, please find me a nice nursing home.

This calculator pegged me at 91. But you just never know. My uncle was killed in an accident when he was 40.

I took a test like this about 10 years ago and it said I'd live to about 103. I was surprised. On my dad's side of the family the women live into their late 80s and 90's. My grandmother and great grandmother both lived until 98. The men though are all drinkers and 2 of them died in their 60's, 2 are still going but in their 80's. My other grandmother made it to 92, my grandfather to 79. My dad died in his early 60s, my mom is 82 and in her final illness now (Ovarian cancer).

I don't put much stock in these tests becuase while they take genetics & diet/exercise into account they can't really put their finger on stress. From what I've observed over the years, stress is the biggest killer. For some people their miserable husband is the stress, for other drug addicted children, or unhealthy elderly parents, their job,etc. I'm thinking of 4 women who all had stressful lives - 3 had horrible husbands, 1 had a psych problem and had tremendous self-infliced stress. 3 of them died very early of wierd cancers, the 4th is in her final days. People who learn how to manage stress or have a deep faith in God seem better able to handle stress in a positive way.

Just my theory.

My family has some really good genes. Both of my mom's parents are still alive and in pretty good health. They are 87 and 88. My dad's mom died of cancer in her 50's, but his dad lived until he was 81. This is with his dad being an alcoholic and chain smoker most of his life. I don't even remember how many times my granddad shocked doctors by recovering from comas that they said he would never wake up from. My greats and other extended family have lived into their 70s, 80s, and 90s. No one in my family does anything special to stay healthy. We are just lucky.

According to this calculator I sould live to 88. I find it hard to believe I will live that long...don't get me wrong, I'd love to live that long, but no one in my family has the gift of longevity :(

I have poor health but none of the questions on the calculator applied to my health issues, so minus the health issues and the fact that I take good care of myself, yes 88 does sound about right. But when you factor in my other issues, I don't have that long, unless science advances by leaps and bounds.

I just took the quiz...it said I will live to 95:)

My grandparents didn't live that long. Three of my husband's grandparents lived into their 90s (one is still alive at 97).

Family history doesn't go well for me for many reasons. Because I know this I try not to think about it. I don't like thinking about my longevity...

Because, there is not really longevity in my family. And those who do live long...well I wouldn't call it living life. I would say yes, they're still ticking but they are not living.

I am terrified of ending up w/ Alzheimer's and not knowing who my family is...of being an even bigger raging ____@____.com than I already am.

Soon thought it will be time to test to see if I have the markers...my dad was recently tested...he's clear so far. If all goes as family history of indicates...I'm screwed!

So I live life in the now...(not 100%, I'm not perfect) but I try.

I had a great uncle live to 106.

I expect to live at least mot 90. Who knows what medical advances we will see in the next 40 years, so maybe 100 or 110 won't be out of line.

Last time I did a calculator it had me close to 100.

I have not taken the test yet but my great grandfather lived to be I think 104 or 5 cant really remember. I know he was old lol and is holding the family record for now. Never went into a nursing home, but had his daughter with him. He actually admitted once that he wished God would take him because he had done his business on this earth.

Otherwise it seems that my family either gets cancer and passes away in their 60's or 70's or they get well old (80's or 90's). So I beliebe without cancer I would be sitting in the really old catigory lol.

Thanks for the question - kinda cool to look at once in awhile.

Three out of four of my grandparents lived into their 80s. The fourth died in his 40s of bleeding ulcers. My father died at 78 from complications of diabetes and heart disease and my mother was killed at 58 by a drunk driver. I have other relatives, like a great uncle, who lived to 95.

My ancestors have had a lot of heart disease and diabetes (not one was overweight, all were active). I am doing what I can to live a lifestyle that will stave off both of those diseases, in diet and exercise level. I'm also working to set a good example for my children, as the prediction that our children's life expectancy is lower than our generation's (for the first time ever) is scary to me, and preventable.

I haven't taken one of those predictor tests in a while, but I have and it told me a pretty old age.

This test gave me between 95 - 97 depending on a change in 2 questions.

My grandparents (moms mom and dad) both died in their late 60's. My dad's mom is still alive and kicking and she's 87.
I think she's the oldest......so far.
I think that I would live a bit longer if I would stop smoking and lose weight. baby steps. Gonna have to take the little test and see what it says!
L.
(says 82. Smoking took 4 years off my life expectancy!)

The women in my family live in to their 90's no matter what their lifestyle. The men, not so much. I have a great-aunt that just turned 106 in Nov of last year. Imagine that- 106 years old. She was born in 1906. Her mind is still good for the most part, but she gets a little confused at times. Her hearing and vision are not good. She refuses to wear a hearing aid.
The sad thing is that ALL of her four children are dead. She has no brothers and sisters left. Her grandchildren are dying now.
A lot of people want to live to be very old. However, seeing my great aunt at her age has taught me that sometimes longevity comes with a price. I don't think I want to live as long as that.

92, which sounds about right to me. My paternal grandmother just died at 92 and my grandfather at 82 and neither of them took very good care of themselves. My grandfather drank and smoked and my grandmother lived with the stress of him and had chronic vascular and heart problems and still lived a long time. My paternal great-grandparents lived into their late 80's-early 90's as well.

My mother's parents died in their 50's but they were very unhealthy people and one died of violence and not health reasons. My mother's aunts and uncles lived into their 80's and 90's

My parents are 69 and 66 and both in great health, but they work at it. The one thing I've learned from my family is that it's not about the number of years, but about the quality of those years. And the key to having a good quality of life even late in life is to KEEP MOVING and keep learning new things. My grandmother-in-law will be 94 in March. She lives on her own, travels, cooks, uses a computer, e-mails people, uses the internet, has a Kindle and an iPad, and gets out to socialize regularly. She goes to the symphony, to hear lectures, to play cards or mah-jongg, etc. It's great to see someone at that age who is not only alive, but still *living* life. I hope to do as well as she has done.

Just read some neat stuff about how genes can help but it's mostly lifestyle factors. So that's good news because we can control what we eat, exercise, not smoking, etc. My family tends to get to the 90's, so maybe with the right choices I can push it to 100+! I would love to!

I scored 94. My mom passed at 72, my dad at 86. My grandparents were all in their 80's. I can't think of anyone in my family who dies young, unless it was accidental or in the war.

My aunt traced our family tree back to the 1600s. They were living into their 60s way back then, which was pretty rare. I'm 41, my grandmother is still alive and kicking at 87, my parents are in their 60s, but MAN are they healthy. I'm gonna have to go do that estimator thing now. I've got one huge ding against me with the breast cancer I had last year (yeah, lucky me, the ONLY one to ever get cancer of any kind in our family going back generations).

My test result was - 91 Years

My great grandmother lived until she was 105, and stayed out of the nursing home until she was 101.

My great great aunt is celebrating her 100th birthday in a couple months and if her son would let her she would still be out in her garden every day!

My grandfather is turning 90 this year and is still out on the tractor every day

My grandmother is turning 84 this year and is still very active.

I think I would have scored way higher if I ate healthier.

I expect to live into my 90s. (The calculator said 93, which should be an underestimate.) My great-grandmother and her twin sister both lived to their mid 90s. My grandma was 100 yo when she died. Most of her siblings died in their 90s. My mom is 73 and extremely healthy (she loves that she is stronger in her yoga class than most of the women who are younger than her).

My dad's side does not have the same longevity, but both paternal grandparents lived into their mid 80s.

I'm in it for the long haul.