Dutch study pegs 115 years as maximum human lifespan
Sep04
Statisticians at two Dutch universities are publishing a paper giving what they believe is the maximum number of years the average, healthy human has to live. The research — the work of statisticians from Tilburg and Erasmus Universities — relies on a branch of statistics called Extreme Value Theory, used to predict extreme and uncommon deviations in probability. Using 75,000 deceased Dutch citizens 94 or older and their death dates as an information pool, the researchers determined that the maximum human lifespan is about 115 years. Specifically, it’s like to be about 115.7 years for women, and 114.1 for men. The…
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