To: Tymesup
well lets say... 10000 people clinton knows. Acuaries have all these tables about the odds of you dying a early death. I am an average guy that knows a fair amount of people, I only know 1 person personally murdered and 2 that have died in a car crash. None that have died in a plane crash.... so maybe you all can ask the same questions...
To: Walkingfeather
The pension mortality tables show your probability of dying from any cause at each age - it generally goes up as you get older. Gender is significant; so is blue collar versus white collar; ethnic background might be, but the info isn't available.
However, the number of violent or accidental deaths is so small that it's not broken out separately. Nobody keeps track of whether you live in a high crime area, or who you associate with, or if you've done time.
I suppose if the Mafia had a pension plan, you might use a table with high q's. Since most of their enterprises are non-taxable, they probably don't need the hassle of a qualified plan, anyway.
235 posted on
12/05/2003 11:32:10 PM PST by
Tymesup
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