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mickaelbneron on September 3, 2025 12:04 pm At a glance, it seems that from 110 years old, your odds of making it for another year are about 50% per year.
jasonellis on September 3, 2025 12:05 pm So, if I’m reading that right, on average if you reach one of these years, you have only about a 50% chance to make it to the next year? Crazy.
JohnCandyIsNumberOne on September 3, 2025 12:11 pm It will be fun to compare this chart to what it looks like in 20 years.
Lethbridge-Totty on September 3, 2025 12:21 pm This really does illustrate how much of an outlier Jeanne Calment is
rollsyrollsy on September 3, 2025 12:40 pm Imagine being 122 and attending your great grandkids retirement party.
No-Lunch4249 on September 3, 2025 1:05 pm “If you’re already exceptionally old, you’re very likely to die within a couple years” is my takeaway here lol
Ralh3 on September 3, 2025 1:10 pm Imagine having tried to do an early retirement at 60 only to have that be the halfway point
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At a glance, it seems that from 110 years old, your odds of making it for another year are about 50% per year.
So, if I’m reading that right, on average if you reach one of these years, you have only about a 50% chance to make it to the next year? Crazy.
Just make it to 120 and you’re golden for years!
It will be fun to compare this chart to what it looks like in 20 years.
This really does illustrate how much of an outlier Jeanne Calment is
Imagine being 122 and attending your great grandkids retirement party.
My wife’s aunt is one of the 275 people who are alive at 113
My great grandmother died a month ago, she was 106.
“If you’re already exceptionally old, you’re very likely to die within a couple years” is my takeaway here lol
Imagine having tried to do an early retirement at 60 only to have that be the halfway point
What a nice exponential distribution.