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Re:Last Day of IKEA in Moscow by JohnBooty on Saturday March 05, 2022 @03:11AM (#30565491)
That doesn't mean he has a 50% chance of dying in 4 years.

That avg expectancy of 73 includes all the people that die young, etc.

"Actuarial tables" is the term you're looking for, if you're curious how long a particular person at a particular age might live.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

In the US a person who is currently 69 years old will live, on average, for another 17.53 years.

In Russia the average expectancy is a little shorter, but also Putin is not an average person. By all accounts he seems pretty healthy, and obviously he has unlimited access to the best healthcare money can buy.

Re:Last Day of IKEA in Moscow by erosenbe0 on Saturday March 05, 2022 @04:45AM (#30566020)
He is a man so it is 15.x years from 69 not 17.x years. But he is a short man which in some studies tends to make up a lot of the difference. Short people live longer.