Is it likely I'll live till very old age?

[Anonymous]

From my dad's side of the family, with the except of his mother (paternal grandma) and older sister, most lived beween ages 80-90. The oldest member was in the early 90's.

From my mom's side of the family, her grandma (my maternal great-grandma) died in 2013. She was a couple days shy of her 102nd b-day; her siblings also lived till 102-105 years old. Mom's great grandma (my great-great grandma) lived till age 105-107. My maternal grandma is 81 years old, still alive, healthy.

I've never smoked in my life and only drink seldomly times with the family and friends. Base on this information, do I have a good chance of living till my 100th b-day? Is it likely I'll live till very old age?

[OddBeMe]

Genetics could provide some extra boost, but environmental and behavioral variables will affect your time of death the most. Pollution in the city you live, smoking, a worldwide pandemic :)

The average age is still around 80. But that means half fall under, half fall over 80.

[msc545]

"About one in every 5,000 people in the United States is a centenarian—someone who's 100 or more years old—and about 85 percent of them are women. As the New England Centenarian Study has shown, centenarians age slowly, delaying age-related diseases to much later in life."

[menina]

Having a long life depends on many factors and genetics is one of them. So based only on your genetics, I would say that yes it's likely that you'll live until a very old age.

[Anonymous]

You probably will, but from what I've heard from a lot of people in their 80s or 90s, you don't want to.
This 87 year old lady keeps telling me she wishes God would just take her already. It's kind of sad.

But it makes sense. Most people they knew are gone, they can barely move and everything is going bad on them. It's a miserable existence for a lot of them