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life expectancy



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It’s the same tool that insurance actuaries use to calculate life expectancy, adapted to estimate how long a typical player might expect to play in the WNBA.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rare genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years.

From BBC

Originally, the Scottish bill did not have a life expectancy timescale.

From BBC

It is incurable, with a median life expectancy of 12 to 18 months—in other words, a death sentence.

From Barron's

One problem, as Fronstin puts it, is that “average” life expectancy doesn’t really help any individual very much — half of people will live longer than the average, and some will live much longer.

From MarketWatch