Ed Lee, 65, SF mayor who had a close relationship with the tech world, has died

Re:Ed Lee, 65, SF mayor who had a close relationship with th... by melling on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @04:49PM (#15909838)

"if you are going to use life expectancy at birth ..."

Who said you should use this as a gauge? That included lots of coal miners who were dying of black lung, etc.

One value isn't a very good indicator. By state and race varies greatly, for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_ex...

The current life expectancy of an Asian American in California is 86 years old.

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Re:Ed Lee, 65, SF mayor who had a close relationship with th... by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:14PM (#15909993)

> Who said you should use this as a gauge?

Implicitly, all the people in this thread—including you—pointing to the current US male life expectancy at birth.

I just say that if you are going to use life expectancy at birth, at least use one applicable to the birth of the person in question.

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Re:Ed Lee, 65, SF mayor who had a close relationship with th... by melling on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:44PM (#15910181)

Yeah, as I already explained twice why the life expectancy at birth in 1950, would not apply. That number includes a lot of premature deaths that no longer apply.

Ideally, you’d apply a conditional probability.

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/768215/conditional-...

If you go to the Social Security site, for example, you can calculate your life expectancy.

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/longevity.cgi

For a male born on Dec 1, 1952, your current life expectancy is 84 years old.

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