{"id":297,"date":"2010-12-03T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T14:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2011-04-10T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T13:10:54","slug":"technology-review-predicting-how-long-youll-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Technology Review: Predicting How Long You&#8217;ll Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ElderlyBday.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/?attachment_id=298\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ElderlyBday.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ElderlyBday\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ElderlyBday.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ElderlyBday.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-298\" title=\"ElderlyBday\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sellingthefountainofyouth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ElderlyBday.jpg?resize=275%2C183\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>For most of the past century, the financial-services industry has  used actuarial tables to design life-insurance policies, pensions, and  other products based on predictions of human lifespan. These <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>life  tables&#8221; rely on historical death rates to predict the future longevity  of broadly defined population groups. But human life expectancy has  increased dramatically\u2014from 47 years in 1900 to 77 today in the United  States, with similar surges around the world, leading to skyrocking  pension and healthcare costs. What&#8217;s more, sizable variations in  longevity have emerged among different subgroups. Thus the  financial-services industry no longer considers life tables adequate, as  they leave too much room for companies to lose money.<\/p>\n<p>A growing number of corporations and governments are turning to an  emerging group of lifespan modelers. These experts are studying the  living in an attempt to predict who will make it well into old age\u2014and  who won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/business\/26799\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about lifespan modeling at Technology Review.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of the past century, the financial-services industry has used actuarial tables to design life-insurance policies, pensions, and other products based on predictions of human lifespan. These &#8220;life tables&#8221; rely on historical death rates to predict the future longevity of broadly defined population groups. 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