Here's a site where you can answer a few simple questions and come up with a rough estimate of your life expectancy:
http://www.nmfn.com/tn/learnctr-lifeevents-longevity
I'm sure it's not perfect, but it does give you a number you can plug in to those retirement calculators when asked to enter your life expectancy ... Probably a better number than just guessing, tho' my number from doing the game was the same number I had been guessing (90 years).
The Longevity Game
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http://www.deathclock.com/
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I would venture higher. Lots of family lived to 100+ and we both have grandmas/great-aunts without a health problem ever well into their late 80s. The rest of our fam died younger with genetic diseases we didn't inherit. Which is why retirement feels overwhelming to me. Assume we live to 100+?
Ima - you'd probably do well. The no traffic accidents/smoking/drugs always weighs much more heavily as I myself do not eat well overall either - do not do veggies. Dh's grandma does not eat fruits/veggies and it is NOT slowing her down in the least.
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