Relationship between life expectancy and hypothetical bad life scenarios

A new study reveals how dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live longer

This article is one of the first papers to study optimal life expectancy (PLE) based on hypothetical health and living conditions

The research team was led by Dr.

The analysis includes data from the population-based Norwegian-Oppland County Health and Living Conditions Study, which is based on a representative sample of people aged 60-69, 70-79, and 80 years and older

Skirbekk and his colleagues posed this question to 825 community residents over 60 years old: "If you can choose freely, what age do you want to live to?" The results of the study show that among Norwegians over 60 years old, people live longer.

According to Skirbekk, “Dementia is one of the diseases that people most hope to shorten their life expectancy.

The average life expectancy (Preferred Life Expectancy) is 91.

Hillback pointed out: "Although people's life expectancy is extended to a large extent in their later years, and at this stage, the experience of loss of loved ones and disability is very common, but considering the impact of such unfavorable living conditions , There is very little scientific evidence about how long people want to live

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