How Will You Die?
It’s often been quoted as the one certainty in life – and now it’s possible to find out exactly how you’re likely to die.
An interactive chart has been created which calculates the likelihood of a person dying from the likes of cancer, infection or external causes based both on a person’s current age and how old they are when they go.
Using information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UCLA statistician Nathan Yau has created the colourful graphic revealing what you are most likely to die from once factors such as gender and race have been considered.
The test works by asking users to enter details including age, gender, and ethnicity before they can watch how their life and death may unfold.
It shows how the age you are today can affect what you are most likely to die of at various stages in your life.
So while a baby born today is most likely to die in the first few years of life from a congenital problem, a man who is 30 today who dies at the age of 80 is most likely to be killed by a circulatory problem – such as a heart attack or stroke – or by cancer.
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