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Comment by socalgal2

2 days ago

Are you asking for you in particular? It's certainly not accurate in general that anyone that made it to 50 is likely to live to 100.

One I heard was if you make it to 80 you have a 50% chance to make it to 90. If you make it to 90 you have a 50% chance to make it to 95. From 95 to 97.5 again 50% chance. That for the general population, in a 1st world country though, not any individual.

The assessment he got was "you have supergenerian genes, but also this one that's really sensitive to heart disease. If you can keep you plaque in check, you're almost invincible (to other popular causes of mortality)."

It cited whatever gene it said he had that made that so.