Life Expectancy Quiz: 'The Revolution' Tests Longevity

Age is just a number, but which number do you think you'll live to see? The audience and co-hosts of "The Revolution" took a life expectancy quiz based on a variety of factors, including family history, smoking habits, automobile use and occupation. So what is Tim Gunn's life expectancy? Check out the above video to see how Gunn and the other co-hosts scored and take the test for yourself here.

Comments

[chavo]

03:32 PM on 03/03/2012

Life Expectancy: 85.68 years
Lower Quartile: 78.01 years (75% chance you will live longer than this)
Median Lifetime: 88.32 years (50% chance you will live longer than this)
Upper Quartile: 96.46 years (25% chance you will live longer than this)

[Patient Zero]

11:47 AM on 03/03/2012

Another one of these? I've taken a bunch. I've got fifteen minutes to live. Time to get famous.

[slocomgp]

12:13 PM on 03/03/2012

LOL

[noahmarder]

05:11 AM on 03/03/2012

Tests like this can be very dishonest. The test taker's responses are compared with actuarial data to predict a life span. That part is okay. Then it tells you what you could do differently to live longer. This is the objectionable part. Different lifestyles are associated with varying lifespans, but cause-effect relationships are much harder to prove. For example, if someone sleeps 9 hours per night, that is associated with a shorter lifespan because sick people tend to sleep longer. However, if that person truly needs 9 hours of sleep, cutting down probably won't increase lifespan, even though 7 to 8 hours is preferable actuarially.

[DJMarian]

08:10 PM on 03/01/2012

I took the test and it said I died 12 years ago.

[parkerntx2]

04:01 AM on 03/01/2012

I don't see my children outlasting me, I'm 60 and get around better and live better than they ever will. Don't want to live to be 90. Am an orphan, my father lived to be 83 and died of liver disease (drank too much, didn't move)my mother died at 63 of cancer. My Maker will call me home as I live each day like it will be my last but, I live, can still get around, have a bike I like to ride, eat well and out of the garden we tend and still don't want to live past say.......whenever He calls me home or we get the mortgage paid off. Blast you Bank of America!!!!!!

[davesf]

07:43 PM on 02/29/2012

I think you add precisely the same amount of hours to your life that you spend exercising hard, so I don't really see the point.

[mzrecycle]

10:29 AM on 02/29/2012

This "test" in on the Post 50 page and many questions don't seem to apply to those who are older. I'm married and past menopause so I don't need condoms.
I really focus on living a healthy life, as one grandmother lived to 98, the other to 102. I suspect unless I get in a fatal accident, I'm likely to live into my 90's. Since my 20's, I've been living like I need this body to last that long.

[pcs5141]

12:59 AM on 02/29/2012

The test didnt ask about racing cars,sking,flying,skydiving,ect

[themightyabealrd]

10:50 PM on 02/28/2012

These tests are written by conformists, for conformists. A set of beliefs governs them, one that may not apply to nonconformists and individualists. The idea that living alone is bad for EVERYONE is nonsense-a badly dysfunctional relationship will stress one out far more than a welcome solitude.
The test made no allowance fo people who are retired, for those who might be celibate-it's claerly based on a very narrow set of assumptions involving a rigid and shallow construct of lifestyle.

[feyangel]

10:34 AM on 02/28/2012

I actually did pretty well on the tes-- 89 to 97 years life expectancy. AND-- I must say for someone who didn't expect to live past thirty (cos after that I would have become untrustworthy, but my philosophy in my 20's) that is pretty good. I also must say-- I refuse to cut out all my "vices"/little pleasures for a few more years of life-- and I think that makes me happier-- which I think influences my life expectancy as much as any physical indicator.

My current philosophy:
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
“WOO HOO what a ride!”

[Polar Shift]

05:58 PM on 02/29/2012

angel, That's MY view as well! Celebrate. It's the only thing that guarantees fun!

[dancinggrandma]

02:16 AM on 02/28/2012

This test is complete BS. I'm a very fit size 0 who dances hours every weekend, eats healthy, and have more energy than any 20-year old. I'm 68, took the test, and was given only half a year to live.

[rabb046]

11:33 AM on 02/28/2012

Good luck.

[pene]

07:37 PM on 02/28/2012

let us know in 6 months if it was right

[dancinggrandma]

08:29 PM on 02/28/2012

This is especially galling in that I'm a very rare Stage 3 esophageal cancer survivor for the last 2 years. Guess I've revealed my dismay about this stupid test here?

[squiddypie8]

07:47 PM on 02/27/2012

I would not have a better quality of life if I did not have a car!! I dont know about you people......

[sparkybrown7877]

07:14 PM on 02/27/2012

According to the teste, ,lol, I will be dead in March! Good bye cruel world!

[kindcruelty]

07:10 PM on 02/27/2012

Life expectancy is 87.30 years.
To lengthen my life I should...
* Drink 2-3 drinks per night to gain 0.13 yrs (not a fan of daily drinking due to alcoholic parents so *that's* not happening)
* Stop driving to gain 0.66 yrs (also not happening)
* Somehow keep people in my life from getting seriously ill to gain 0.32 yrs (wish I could but can't)
* Stop having sex with my husband to gain 0.05 yrs (definitely not happening)
* Sleep 7 hours per day to gain 0.39 yrs. (that one I'd like)

So in all, if I made those very unrealistic and ridiculous changes I could gain a whopping 1.38 yrs which would *still* not bring me up to the "average" of 90.14 yrs. Wonder exactly what those folks are doing...lol

[kindcruelty]

07:18 PM on 02/27/2012

Uh, wait...lol I misunderstood the "average" lol, I get it now...still that's not much of an increase in life expectancy for all those changes...

[mostark45]

06:19 PM on 02/27/2012

So if I have 2 drinks less, add .6 yrs and sleep 2 hrs less a night, I will live 1.1. years longer? Do everything right and 2.5 years longer? Not much incentive for me.