Day: July 30, 2012

There have been two dozen suicides among professional football players in the last 25 years.  Yesterday, that number went to 13. Dementia is a common denominator.  Dementia is caused by head injuries.  There are lots of head injuries in football, so footballers have more cases of dementia than chess players. Soccer players often have their […]

“Lifespan calculators” are found by googling “lifespan calculator”. If we answer the questions on one of the lifespan calculators, we can find how much longer that insurance companies’ actuaries think we’re going to live.  They study statistics and probability.  That helps them to do a better job of  playing the odds. Actuaries who work for […]