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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1646980, member: 31533&quot;]If you look at it and use the 2007 actuarial tables: at age 88 (currently) the average 88 year old man will live another 4 1/2 years. At this age (88) he has a 14% chance of dying in the next year, and if he lives to age 89, he then has a 15% chance of dying in the year after. But..... if you put a positive spin on it, it means he has a 86% chance of living to age 89, and at 89, he has a 85% chance of living to age 90. </p><p>But, conversely, it means that when he turned 88, he outlived 78.2 percent of all persons born 88 years before. </p><p><br /></p><p>So.... he stands a pretty good chance of living for a while longer, yet it truly is up to chance. A lot of people who are healthy take a turn for the worse, and quickly. Yet some who are hanging by a thread linger on for years and years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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