Originally Posted by cullbuck
Men in the US live until about 73 on average. Women live until around 80. These are the stats. I plan to take SS ASAP [if it’s around] when I’m 62.

That is NOT the right number to look at. You need to look at life expectancy of men/women based on their current age.

This link below calculates the number of years you have to live based on your current age. I put the data in a simple table below.

A man that is 50yrs old today, on average, will live to be 79. (This includes sick folks and marathon runners)
If a woman makes it to 70 she has a better than 50% chance to make it to 85, if she is healthy it is much higher than 50%.

At your current age what is your average age of death.

Current
age.......Men........Women
0......74.74.......80.18
30.....76.51.....81.25
40.....77.67.....81.86
50.....79.05.....82.73
60.....81.08.....84.12
70.....84.09.....86.27
80.....88.11.....89.49

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

Last edited by Beer Belly; 01/09/26 08:23 AM.
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