16 Feb
2015
16 Feb
'15
1:15 p.m.
It makes a lot of sense that the people who have survived to 90 or 95 would be the hardiest, and less likely to be subject to the statistical laws that claimed their cohorts. --Dan
On Feb 16, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
actuarial tables used in life insurance seem to reflect the stoppage (i recall). i remember that a fixed probability of 1/6 of living another year at all ages 95 and above was used in one life insurance (or maybe annuity) quotation i was given long ago. there was probably more cold-hearted approximation than actual scientific investigation involved in these numbers though