This post was hoisted from the comments in Megan McArdle's website and it makes a point that we often forget: the eventual chance of death is 100% and the hazard of death is tightly associated with how long you have lived so far. Once you make it out of childhood, many people live their 20's and 30's free of serious health concerns. It's not atypical to find such people, at least. One the other hand, how common is it for 80 year olds to not have at least one health issue that effects either risk of death or quality of life?
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