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    mikem56 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 17, 2006, 01:25 PM
    Want to know if you will die in 4 years?
    OK me neither but anyway I heard about this on the news how a study came up with a survey for older adults to determine you chance of living beyond 4 years. I did some searches and found a site offering the survey: http://www.clinicallyinformed.com/health_survey.php

    I was luckily under 4% but my mom was at 64%. Seems a little basic but interesting.
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    Feb 17, 2006, 01:56 PM
    Those are just actuarial statistics that do more to help decide on insurance costs than to give individuals factual information.

    Clearly we all know that the older we get the closer to death we are.

    That site is a for profit site. No reputable medical person would tell you that the information is applicable to you - or even worth looking at.

    Jusy my opinion.:o
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    Feb 17, 2006, 02:00 PM
    That site is a for profit site. No reputable medical person would tell you that the information is applicable to you - or even worth looking at.
    Unless that website has a direct link to GOD then I think that nobody can say when death will come to anyone... Rick makes a good point " FOR PROFIT SITE " say no more
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    Feb 17, 2006, 03:13 PM
    Statistically,you have more chance of being killed by a pair of trousers,than by filling in an on-line form.Total bunkum. :(
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    Feb 17, 2006, 03:17 PM
    Now if those trousers get zipped up too quickly with a vital organ in the wrong place, then... :p
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    Feb 17, 2006, 03:34 PM
    I would trust this site more http://www.deathclock.com/ lol j/k there all full of b/s :p

    Rick you made tears in my eyes just reading what you put lol;)
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    Feb 17, 2006, 07:48 PM
    Well mine did not start playing taps but if I don't post on here in a few days, it may have been right
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    Feb 18, 2006, 09:05 AM
    Well actually this survey is based on actual medical information and is 81% accurate which I think is pretty good. You can read about it here:

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...&nfid=rssfeeds

    What site today is not for profit?? That is irrelevant.
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    Feb 18, 2006, 09:46 AM
    I'd better get that new sportcar before I croak huh!
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    Feb 18, 2006, 11:33 AM
    I tried the "death clock",and lied.Yipee... I live forever.Now where is that bunkum form to fill in.Who needs a medical eh? :D
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    Feb 18, 2006, 11:15 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by rickj
    No reputable medical person would tell you that the information is applicable to you - or even worth looking at.

    Jusy my opinion.:o
    RickJ No respose? You seemed so sure about what you were talking about in your first response. I guess now that you see there is "reputable medical data" to support it you have nothing to say.
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    Feb 19, 2006, 12:07 AM
    I have another 44 years left. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    Okay even so, that is a good age. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    Why do I keep doing this. Never heard of the death clock before until I came here. What are you trying to do to me. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    Make me completely insane. Okay I am just joking. You know Ha Ha Ha.

    Joe
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    Feb 19, 2006, 07:45 AM
    Hi,
    I saw the same TV News Network's program on this. Problems with breathing are associated with shorter lives. Many of us don't want to think about it, but as this program indicated, it was true in about 81% of the cases studied. Life Insurance and Medical Insurance companies have these questions on applications, with sometimes, Medical Doctor follow-ups for more information. I went through filling out applications like these in the past couple of months.
    Very insteresting.
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    Feb 19, 2006, 07:51 AM
    Fred did any one ever tell you how cute you where back in the day?
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    Feb 19, 2006, 09:01 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by talaniman
    Fred did any one ever tell you how cute you where back in the day?
    LoL this is the best post I've read in along time :D talaniman

    I never trust anything that is just based on a few random questions... In this day and age they could come up with something better than 81%:p
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    Feb 19, 2006, 09:10 AM
    Don't laugh at Fred he only has 4 years to look this cute(at 81%)
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    Feb 19, 2006, 09:33 AM
    Well I never.Where bunkum comes from:

    http://www.bartleby.com/61/27/B0552700.html
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    #18

    Feb 28, 2006, 06:30 AM
    I thought so RickJ

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