[ RadSafe ] Longevity and Radiation

[Maury Siskel]

Wes, you suggest profound new meanings to the old adage that says, 
"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics."   <g>
Cheers,
Maury&Dog   (Maury Siskel    maurysis at ev1.net)

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Wesley wrote:

>Radsafers,
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>I have been thinking of "longevity" and how one would do epidemiology with
>this parameter.
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>I suppose longevity is average age of death for a group of people such as residents of a county or state or country.
>
>But longevity would be highly dependent on average age of the group. In an extreme example, take county A and B. If all people over age 50 in county A
>moved to county B. And all people under age 50 in county B moved to county A. Then the longevity in county A must be well under 50 and in county B the
>longevity would be well above 50. This would be independent of environmental conditions and average health status of the residents.
>
>So how would you correct "longevity" for average age in a group?
>
>Just thinking out loud on a hot summer day.
>
>Regards, Wes
>
>Wesley R. Van Pelt, PhD, CIH, CHP
>Wesley R. Van Pelt Associates, Inc.
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