It is possible to check who the individual in question is by selecting Edit individual. I started checking back and found that your suggestion could be correct until I checked my longest living between 1700 and 1799 and came up with an individual born in 1787 and dying in 1878. On this basis your Aunt Annie perhaps could be longest living 1800-1899.
On 16/12/2013 17:10, John Roose wrote: > The "Longest Living Individual" had me puzzled. I regularly saw my Aunt > Annie until she died at 105 - always had to read the current issue of Time > magazine because she would quiz you on it, especially if you disagreed with > her view! :-) She died in 1979. The statistic "Individual who lived the > longest between 1900 and 1999" was given as 100 years, 2 months, 27 days - > not Aunt Annie. Finally realized that that statistic must mean EXACTLY what > is says - between 1990-1999; Aunt Annie would not qualify because she was > born in 1873. > > It would be interesting to know - as David requested - how the statistics > are calculated. > > > Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > >> David Newton wrote: >>> Could one of you explain to me how the statistics are calculated? >>> >>> In my family file the average lifespan by century never exceeds 17 years >>> whereas the average male and female lifespans are around 53 and 48 >>> respectively. These figures seem to be inconsistent with each other but >>> in the absence of how the calculations are done I cannot be sure what it >>> is telling me. >> >> I assume they're simple averages: add together all the >> individual lifespans and divide by the number of entries. >> These stats can shed some serious light or doubt on some >> "facts." (g) >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
