The following table is from the Social Security Actuarial Tables. For each age, it gives the probability of death within one year, the number living out of an original 100,000, and the additional life expectancy for a person of that age.
Exact Male Female P(Death Additional P(Death Additional Age
Male Female Exact Age 102030405060708090 P(Death within one year) 0.0001110.0012870.0013750.0025420.0056960.0122630.0289040.0716870.188644 Number of Living 99,02198,45197,11395,42791,85384,69270,21444,27212,868 Additional Life Expectancy 65.1355.4646.1636.8828.0920.0012.987.433.68 P(Death within one year) 0.0001050.0004690.0006270.0014980.0032400.0077400.0189380.0495270.146696 Number of Living 99,21798,95098,43197,51395,37890,84780,58359,34124,331 Additional Life Expectancy 70.2260.4050.6941.1131.9123.2115.459.004.45
To what age may a male of age 60 expect to live on the average?
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