Following is an easy to follow life expectancy calculator tool.
Your life expectancy calculator score should give you a baseline regarding your health, how long you should live (more or less) & what areas of your life you should work on to increase expected longevity.
The life expectancy calculator measure is a complete self test covering major areas of your life that effect health & longevity.
You should not panic if your life expectancy calculation is much lower than you hoped. But you shouldn’t feel too assured if your life expectancy test yields a very high score. The final scores are simply boundaries to help guide you.
Also, look at the particular subtests to determine what specific areas of your life are going well or need specific intervention.
To get your life expectancy test score, just add up scores from heart risk test, health habits, medical factors, safety factors, personal factors, psychological factors, for women only.
(After life expectancy measure are some commonsense tips to boost your score.)
Heart risk factors: Life expectancy calculator test #1
1) Cholesterol or total cholesterol to HDL ratio
<160 or <3 total cholesterol to HDL ratio = +2
160-200 or 3-4 = +1
200-240 or 4-5 = -1
240-280 or 5-6 = -2
>280 or >6 = -4
2) Blood pressure: choose highest# for either value
<110 or 60-80 = +1
110-120 or 60-80 = 0
120-150 or 80-90 = -1
150-170 or 90-100 = -2
170 >100 = -4
3) Smoking
Never = +1
Quit = 0
Smoke cigar or pipe or close family member smokes = -1
One pack of cigarettes daily = -3
Two or more packs daily = -5
4) Heredity
No family history of heart disease = +2
One close relativge over 60 w/ heart disease = 0
Two close relatives over 60 w/ heart disease = -1
One close relative under 60 with heart disease = -2
Two or more close relatives under 60 with heart disease = -4
5) Body mass index (BMI) (Link to)
19-25 = +2
<19 = 0
26-30 = -1
31-40 = -3
>40 = -5
*If waist <40 in (102 cm) subtract one less (ex. -2 or -4)
6) Gender
Female, <55 yrs old = 0
Female, >55 yrs old = -1
Male = -1
Stocky male = -2
Bald, stocky male = -2
7) Stress
Calm & happy = +3
Ambitious but calm = 0
Occasionally hard-driving, time conscious = 0
Hard driving, time conscious, competitive(Type A) = -1
Type A w/ repressed hostility = -3
8) Physical activity
Hi intensity, 60 mins, most days = +3
Moderate, 30 mins, most days = +2
Moderate, 20-30 mins, 3-5x week = +1
Light, 10-20 mins, 1-2x week = -1
Little or none = -3
Total heart risk score:___
Health Habits: Life expectancy calculator test #2
1)Breakfast
Daily = +1
Sometimes = 0
None = -1
Coffee = -2
Coffee & donut = -3
2)Regular meals
Three or more = +1
Two daily = 0
Not regular = -1
Fad diets = -2
Starve and stuff = -3
3)Sleep
7-8 hrs = +1
8-9 hrs = 0
6-7 hrs = 0
9 hrs = -1
6 hrs = -2
4)Alcohol
None = +1
Women 3/wk = =1
Men 1-2 daily = +1
3-6 daily = -2
>6 daily = -4
Total health habits score:__
Medical factors: Life expectancy calculator test #3