LIFE EXPECTANCY

Printable Self-test 

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Here is a quiz you can print out and do to calculate your lifespan. Give yourself the indicated score for your response to each question, listing your positive and negative scores in separate columns.  

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Do you smoke or are you around second hand smoke a lot?
If yes -10, if no +1.  

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Do you eat more than a couple of slices of bacon (or hot-dogs), or a processed meat sandwich (i.e. a ham and cheese sandwich) a week?
If yes -3, if no +2.  

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3

Do you cook your fish, meat or poultry until it is charred?
If yes -2.  

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4

Do you minimise meat in your diet, preferably making a point to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables every day?
If yes +7

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5

Do you use butter or cream regularly?
If yes -5, if no +7  

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Do you drink more than 3 cups of beer or wíne a day?
If yes –5  

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Do you drink one or two glasses of red wine daily?
If yes +2

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8

Do air pollution warníngs occur where you live?
lf yes -4, if no or rarely +3.  

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9

Do you drink more than two mugs of coffee a day?
lf yes -3.  

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10

Do you take an aspirin a day?
lf yes +4.

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Do you floss and brush your teeth every day?
If no -4, if yes +4  

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12

Do you go more than two days without a bowel movement?
lf yes -4.  

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13

Do you eat plenty of fruit and vegetables every day?
lf yes +7.

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14

Do you engage in risky sexual or drug related behaviour that increases your risk of contracting HIV or viruses that can cause cancer?
If yes -7, if no +1.  

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15

Do you sunbake?
lf yes -4, if no +3.  

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16

Are there dangerous levels of radon in your house?
lf yes -6, if no +1.  

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17

Are you overweíght?
lf yes -7, if no +7.  

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18

Do you live close enough to relatives to drop by spontaneously?
lf yes +5, if no -4.  

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19

Does stress bother you to the extent that you can't shake it off?
lf yes -7, if no +7. 

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20

Does more than one member of your immediate family have diabetes?
If yes -4, if no +1.

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21

Were both your parents dead or very frail when they were in their mid seventies?
lf yes -10.

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22

Did more than one of your relatives live past 90?
lf yes +10.

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23

Do you exercise 20 minutes a day or more?
lf yes +8, if no -6.  

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Do you take vitamin "e" and selenium every day?
lf yes +5, if no -5  

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Add your negative and positive columns and divide each by five. Add the negative score to the positive score (example: -6 +9 = 3) to determine the number of years you should add or subtract from your life expectancy. For men that age ís 84 and for wornan it is 87.