How Long Will I Live

When I first saw my results to the life expectancy test it seemed higher than what I would've guessed.  Then again with technology and medicine continuing to improve the number seemed pretty accurate.  Most of the questions were what I expected, with what you eat and how much you exercise, and family health history.  However, I thought it was interesting how much they focused on cigarettes and tobacco.  There was 4 or 5 questions strictly related to smoking and secondhand smoke, which made me realize what a big potential impact that must have on people's life expectancy.  Other questions that I thought were very interesting and unexpected were the how often you floss question and how you barbecue your fish, poultry, and meat.  I'm sure all the questions asked had relevant reasons to estimate each individual's life expectancy, but I think guessing someone's life expectancy by just asking a certain number of questions is hard.  There are so many outside factors that can effect how long someone lives or potential things that could happen in society we don't even know about yet.  I found this quiz very fascinating, because I have never guessed how long I would live so it was interesting the things that were taken into account when estimating my life expectancy.