Comments on: Estimate Financial Impact of Risk and Uncertainty for a Living http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/ Strength in Numbers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Discount factors and death « The visible hand in economics http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-3907 Discount factors and death « The visible hand in economics Mon, 05 May 2008 06:27:02 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-3907 [...] you have as you get older. The inspiration for this post came from another post at Flowing Data which discussed how your probability of dieing lifted as you became [...] [...] you have as you get older. The inspiration for this post came from another post at Flowing Data which discussed how your probability of dieing lifted as you became [...]

]]> By: 26econ.com » Getting older ain’t so bad http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-1954 26econ.com » Getting older ain’t so bad Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:21:54 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-1954 [...] has a depressing post about how your probability of death increases as you get older. A 20 year old male has about a [...] [...] has a depressing post about how your probability of death increases as you get older. A 20 year old male has about a [...]

]]> By: Anonymous Prof http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49831 Anonymous Prof Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:25:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49831 Hey Nathan, I've seen data like this before, but never so clearly presented. Thanks for the info. -AP Hey Nathan,

I’ve seen data like this before, but never so clearly presented. Thanks for the info.

-AP

]]> By: Benedikt http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49830 Benedikt Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:05:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49830 Nice graphics! I shamelessly copied your approach and did the same for the German life table: http://www.scienceblogs.de/zahlenbilder/2008/03/die-sterbetafel-oder-wie-lange-werden-wir-noch-leben.php Nice graphics! I shamelessly copied your approach and did the same for the German life table: http://www.scienceblogs.de/zah.....-leben.php

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-1943 Nathan Yau Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:18:10 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-1943 john, thanks for pointing that out! hasty graphics = embarrassment for nathan. i fixed the problem. is there anything else that i screwed up? john, thanks for pointing that out! hasty graphics = embarrassment for nathan. i fixed the problem. is there anything else that i screwed up?

]]> By: John Allsopp http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49828 John Allsopp Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:35:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/01/estimate-financial-impact-of-risk-and-uncertainty-for-a-living/#comment-49828 like (I guess) a lot of kids who were ok at maths at school, I considered, and had career advisors suggest a career as an actuary - mostly for the large incomes promised - are they actually real? Anyway, I digress. Don't mean to be a smart alec, but shouldn't the average american life expectancy arrow point down to the years axis? Or am I missing something (maybe that's why I'm not an actuary ;-) Love the blog BTW j like (I guess) a lot of kids who were ok at maths at school, I considered, and had career advisors suggest a career as an actuary – mostly for the large incomes promised – are they actually real?

Anyway, I digress.

Don’t mean to be a smart alec, but shouldn’t the average american life expectancy arrow point down to the years axis?

Or am I missing something (maybe that’s why I’m not an actuary ;-)

Love the blog BTW

j

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