Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoMost Americans don't understand average lifespan of retirees when planning for retirementexternal-linkmessage-square7 fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114external-linkMost Americans don't understand average lifespan of retirees when planning for retirementBlaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square7 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarezzzzzz@lemmy.mlhexbear4·10 months agoI gave up after looking for a clear answer after a few minutes. They really buried the lead. linkfedilink
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitehexbear5·10 months agoThe history of the phrase bury the lede is fascinating. Especially the part where they started spelling it wrong on purpose. linkfedilink
minus-squarecheesebourgeois [none/use name]hexbear3·10 months agoon average in the u.s. a 65 year old man will live to 84 and a 65 year old woman will live to 87 the likelihood of making it to at least 90 are 30% for men and 40% for women the likelihood of not living beyond 70 is 5-10% for men and <5% for women there now we're all longevity literate link
I gave up after looking for a clear answer after a few minutes. They really buried the lead.
The history of the phrase bury the lede is fascinating. Especially the part where they started spelling it wrong on purpose.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
on average in the u.s. a 65 year old man will live to 84 and a 65 year old woman will live to 87
the likelihood of making it to at least 90 are 30% for men and 40% for women
the likelihood of not living beyond 70 is 5-10% for men and <5% for women
there now we're all longevity literate
Thank you!