To REALLY find out, someone would have to go to their local university library and pull the scientific studies.
>From television shows, (for whatever their edited programs are worth), I remember seeing one about Blue Zones. The average age at death was very high. I remember a certain area in Japan. Seventh-Day Adventists was another. I want to say that they had 7 of these Blue Zones. I don't remember how much in scientific fact they were based though (valid and reliable studies that are held to a certain standard). Google "blue zones" in quotes to find out more. But your best bet is scientific fact which means a trip to the university library. My genealogy program can run a statistical report. So I ran it to see what it said about my Portuguese ancestors. Out of the 3522 Portuguese people in my database, I have the deaths on only 397 of them. Average age at death: 43.7 years with a standard deviation of 33.8 years. Minimum age at death 0 and maximum age at death was 101 years. If I break it down by sex, I have the deaths on 216 males. Average age at death: 43 years with a standard deviation of 34.2 years. Minimum age at death 0 and maximum age at death was 101 years. I have the deaths on 181 females. Average age at death: 44.6 years with a standard deviation of 33.3 years. Minimum age at death 0 and maximum age at death was 96 years. If you had to take stats in your past, a standard deviation of 30 some years is really, really high and would not make for a good scientific study. The large standard deviation is due to all the infant deaths that I have in my genealogy database. It's dragging the average down. I don't know if I'll have the time to try to play around with the program and see if it'll give me the average age at death for those after the age of 18. If I find it, I'll post it here. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
