RP-2000 q's

[tymesup]

So, it's a sunny Saturday afternoon and I've got nothing better to do but look at RP-2000 q's, projected to 2008. For the ages from 54 to 61, the girls are dying faster than the boys.

Anybody ever notice this? Does this make sense?

[Andy the Actuary]

Makes a lot of sense. Many of them have added suet and their hubbies have left them for the younger woman. When they engage in speed dating, they speak incessantly about their no-good-ex and no one asks them out. They are a very unhappy and lonely lot. Meanwhile, the no-good-ex feels alive for the first time in years so ain't too anxious to depart.

Or, perhaps since a greater number of the girls survived to age 54 than the boys, they need to accelerate dying to get to the same place by age 120. Perhaps at middle ages the inherent physiological differences between the sexes has dissipated and woman are starting to contract various diseases and infirmities with the same incidence as men.

[tymesup]

Hold on there, Mr. I'll check Benefits Link until the Belmont starts. IIRC, single women live longer than married women, while married men live longer than single men.* If they're splitting up in the late 50's, that would lower the female q's. Perhaps there's a delayed effect operating here.

*It's actually the same life expectancy, it only seems longer.