An Introduction to Community Health 7th Edition by James McKenzie,Robert Pinger,Jerome Kotecki

Exercise 12

Using the data presented in Table, estimate (as best you can) the life expectancy of your siblings, parents, and grandparents at birth. If your grandparents are older than 65, determine what their life expectancies were when they turned 65. If you were to fulfill your life expectancy exactly, in what year can you expect to die?
TableLife Expectancy at Birth, at 65 Years of Age, and at 75 Years of Age According to Sex: In the United States, During the Selected Years 1900 - 2006
*Data not available.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics (2010). Health, United States, 2009 with Special Feature on Medical Technology [online]. (DHHS pub. no. 2010-1232). Hyattsville, MD: Author. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm. Accessed October 1, 2010.