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Wednesdaý, Jammry 14 1953.
V & B T N í K — WEBT, TEXAS
HOW LONG WILL YOU LíVE
Otrana. 13
Do you worry about how long you wiil pf years you háve already Uved.
live? According to the ann.ual report is- Age Add
sued by the U.S. Public Health Service, l—10 1 yr,
the average figuře is 66 years for meh! 11—15 2 yrs,
and over 71 for women: about 68 for all 16—20 3ý2 yrs,
U. S, citizens. | 21 -25 4 yrs.
The average is a whole 5 years better j 26 30 4y2 yrs,
than the record of a decade ago, 10 years 31—35 5 yrs.
better than in 1930; 13 better than inj 36—40 5>/2 yrs,
1930; 13 better than in 1921; 16 better New Total
Age
41- 45
46- -50
51—55
56- 65
66 80
81—90
96 up
...........yrs.
Add
6 years.
6y± years,
8 yrs.
9 yrs.
10 years.
6 years.
5 yrs,
...........mos.
disease. There/ore, if you háve been
either wealthy or poor for the most part
of your life, deduct 4 years,
New Total ' ' ............yrs.............mos,
9. Your figuře: A Metropolitan Life In-
surance Co, study on the effeets of obesi-
ty on health, for example, showed that
50% more overweight meh died before
their time than normál men, and 47%
more obese women.
The reason for premature deaths duě
than in 1911; 21 better than in 1901; and 4. Wonder drugs: in addition to tliese
almost twice as good as in 1880 or earlier. adjustments, you are entitled to still an- to obesity is that overweight can cause
Your own life-expectancy figuře de- other for having survived the early de~' hypertension, heart disease, diabetes',
peiids a great deal on the year and plače J cades of this century and éntered the era i caiicer, and gallbladder trouble.
you were born, your marital status, the ! of better medicine, sanitation, and won-
kind of food you eat, whether you are too
thin or too fat, the kind of work you do,
your temperament, and many other fac- háve lived until 1946, when wonder drugs ( New Total
tors.
The following personál test is not gua-
ranteed to be accurate for every reader.
But statistically it is accurate.
So leťs go, and, first of all, remember
that the statiscians are presuming that
you are in moderately good health. Be
sure .you háve a pencil in hand. You are
going to need it.
1. Year of Birth, Select from the fol-
der drugs.
So, add 6 months for every year you pounds you are overweight.
Accordingly, if you are over 40. you
should deduct one year for every five
were made generally availulbe.
New Total ............yrs.
10. Aleoholism: Heavy drinkers (who
mos. eonsume a pint a day on the average and
...yrs............mos.
So much for the basic factors. Now we j are drunk once a week or so) are likely
come to the human factors, or things' to suffer from diabetes, high blood pres •
that you háve doně or háve happened to sure, cirrhosis of the liver, neuritis, gout,
you which affect your life expectancy, | and Brighťs disease, all of which may
5. Marital status: Married folks gener-| shorten life.
ally live longer than unmarried people, Confirmed alcoholics (drunk almost
statistics show and psychiatrists affirm, | daily, and regularlý insensiblbe drunk)
So if yoiťre over 25 and not yet married,! invite early death because of malnutři-
lowing columns the number of years you | for every unwedded decade, deduct 1. ticn, which makes them susceptible to
were expected to live the year you were year.
born:
Period
1880—1900
1901—1904
1905—1908
1909—1912
1913—1916
1917—1920
1921—1924
1925-1928
1929—1932
1933—1936
1937—1940
1941—1944
1945—1948
1949—1952
Years
Men
40
46
48
50
51
52
59
58
59
60
62
64
65
65
Years
Women
42
48
51
54
56
56
61
63
63
64
66
70
70
71
If yon are married, add 5 years.
New Total ............yrs............. mos.
disease, particularly pneumonia.
So, on the side of temperance or mů-
deration, if youhe a heavy drinker, de-
6. Occupation: A recent survey shows i duet 5 years; if an alcoholic, deduct 10.
that U. S. Clergymen, suprisingly, live ať if you just také a drink now and then,
least 1 year less than most people. And forget it.
doctors, despite their medieal knowledge,1 New Total .............yrs, ...........nios.
Write down your basic life expectancy.
2. Plače of Birth. The longevity records
vary somewhat in different parts of the
U. S. and greatly in foreign countries.
(Skip this question if you are born in a
foreign country.) Make the following ad-
justments aecording to where you were
born in the U. S.
New England — add 6 months
Middle Atlantic States — subtraet 1 m.
South Atlantic States — subtraet 1 year
North Central States — add 7 months
South Central States —- subtraet 7 m.
' 1 subtraet 10 m.
generally háve a shorter life than the] 11. Disposition: This has a bearing on
people they try to keep alive. So, if yoiťre how long you will live, too. A perpetual
a doctor or clergyman deduct 4 months crank, worry wart, neurotic or péssimist
to a year, depending on how harassed invites bodily or mental disturbancés
you íeel. Tcachers, trained nurses, law- \ which make for an uhappy and shorter
yers and clerical workers should add 3 life. so, if yoiťre such a person, deduct 5
years, j years. If you are good-natured and
Industrial workers liave improved con-; piacid, however, add up to 5 years..
siderably in the last few decades, If you New Total ............yrs......mbs.
were working at an industrial occupation | 12. Family and Environment: A British
before 1940, deduct 1 year for each 5 survey of life expectancy for cliildren of
that you were working. After 1940, gdd 11 large families turned up these interest-
year. Farmers, despite a high accident (mg conclusions.
rate, should add 2 years because of their | a. Children from large families live
healthy outdoor life. J longer than those from smáli families,
New Total ...........yrs............ mos. except when the large families number
7. Where you live: Smáli-town folks ' more than 10. .
outlive city dwellers, all other things be- J B. Children in large families vary, too.
ing equal. If yoiťre a non-farmer, and 1 Those born between the 4th and 8th
live in a smáli town, add 4 years. City'years of their parents’ marriage usually
folks subtraet 2. j live longer than those born before and
New Total ...........yrs, ...........mos.1 a-fter them.
8. Economic status: Rich people die! 11 y°u can P^ee yourself here, give 01
just as fast, if not faster, than poor také 2 years.
.mos.
Mountain and Western ..... ____ ________, ......... „
New Total ............years ............mos. people because they tend to eat and drink | Ncw Total ............yrs. ...
3. Present age: No matter what the too much and die early from diseases due j This last figuře is how long you should
estimate of your life expectancy was at to overindulgence. Poor people lead normally be expected to live, barring an
birth, it improves the longer you live. So! shorter lives due to malnutrition, bad invasion from other planets, a rain of
add the following, based on the number! environment, and being more subject to atomic bombs, earthquakes or epidemics.
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