Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 And associated biological age. http://www.ubble.co.uk/risk-calculator/disclaimer.php I'm surprised by how few questions they use. If you want to take it, the three benefits mentioned would mean that you couldn't work due to disability, you needed someone to help with you with daily personal tasks, or you needed a badge on your car so that you could park in a disabled spot. I'm apparently 45 and have a 0.8% risk of dying in the next five years. ETA: interesting - if I were male, I'd be 37 and would still have a 0.8% risk L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well, I'm apparently in my 60's :glare: and have a 3.8% chance of dying in the next 5 years. I think the fact that I have had cancer ticked my age up as well as having a long term health issue (thyroid disease and hypoglycemia). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 28 and 0.2% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hmm. I'm not quite 40 yet, but if I use 40 as my real age since it doesn't go any lower than that - and I'm getting pretty close :eek: - it says I'm 31 with a .2% chance of dying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It says I'm 27 with a 0.2% chance of dying in the next 5 years. That said, I had to tell it I'm 40, even though I'm 30. Also, I do not live in the UK. Sort of surprised, since I told it I perceive my overall health as 'fair'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Goodness. Reading the other results, now I feel really old. Adding so much to my real age is kind of....depressing. I don't feel like I'm in my 60's. I don't look like I'm in my 60's. Does that count? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ha! I'm 31 but I had to put 40 since it doesn't go any lower, and it told me my Ubble age is 31. So I guess I'm right on target. My risk is 0.3%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 41. It said my Ubble age is 33 and my risk of dying in the next 5 years is 0.3% That was interesting, Laura. Thanks for posting it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 52. It says my Ubble age is 42 and i have a 0.7 percent chance of dying in the next five years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Goodness. Reading the other results, now I feel really old. Adding so much to my real age is kind of....depressing. I don't feel like I'm in my 60's. I don't look like I'm in my 60's. Does that count? It probably does count. People who feel and act old are more likely to die within 5 years, afaik. ETA: try taking two steps at a time. Brisk walking probably lowered my age. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Goodness. Reading the other results, now I feel really old. Adding so much to my real age is kind of....depressing. I don't feel like I'm in my 60's. I don't look like I'm in my 60's. Does that count? Yes, I think so. Conversely -- At this moment I'm definitely NOT feeling ten years younger than my actual age. :laugh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 42 but it says my age is 29. Whoo-hoo! Not surprising since I have a grandparent on each side that lived almost to or just past 100. My kids are going to have to deal with me for.ev.er. Bwah-ha-ha! ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 37 so I had to pretend I'm 40. It said I'm 30 with a five-year risk of dying of 0.2%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 42 (dangerously close to 43), but my Ubble age is 31 with a 0.3% risk in the next 5 years. Party! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 54 and ubble age is 45. I did dh's because he's a bit older and has had a heart attack. I was shocked to see his ubble age was 52 because I thought the heart attack would make his age higher than actual age. I also thought the questions were weird- I was asked how many times I had given birth but his were how many cars does he have available to drive and how many people does he live with. His asked about diabetes but mine did not. Thanks for posting- that was fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well, I'm apparently in my 60's :glare: and have a 3.8% chance of dying in the next 5 years. I think the fact that I have had cancer ticked my age up as well as having a long term health issue (thyroid disease and hypoglycemia). I think it's the cancer. I have a long term health issue but not cancer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 54 and ubble age is 45. I did dh's because he's a bit older and has had a heart attack. I was shocked to see his ubble age was 52 because I thought the heart attack would make his age higher than actual age. I also thought the questions were weird- I was asked how many times I had given birth but his were how many cars does he have available to drive and how many people does he live with. His asked about diabetes but mine did not. Thanks for posting- that was fun! The questions are odd, but they are the ones that were found to be statistically significant for men and women. For example, living with a family is protective of men, I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 47 and my Ubble age is 38, with a 0.4% risk of dying in five years. I had to answer yes to being seen for depression and anxiety. I guess that is a stress factor in life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I was surprised that there were no questions about diet or weight. I am 38, 40 for the test, and I got an age of 23 and 5-year risk of dying of .1%. I've been walking around thinking that being overweight means I'm going to keel over from a heart attack any minute now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow, that was depressing. I'm 43 and in terrific health (knock wood) but I had cancer 18 years ago. My Ubble age came back as 55 with a 2.2% risk of dying in the next 5 years. Good reminder to carpe diem, I suppose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I was surprised that there were no questions about diet or weight. I am 38, 40 for the test, and I got an age of 23 and 5-year risk of dying of .1%. I've been walking around thinking that being overweight means I'm going to keel over from a heart attack any minute now. Same here, I was waiting for that question. I'm in good health, wonderful blood pressure, no diabetes, etc, but I'm pretty inactive and very overweight. I'm only 34, but I lied and said my age was 40 and got a .2% chance of dying in the next five years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 45 and got an age of 33 with 0.2% chance of dying. I too was surprised by the lack of weight questions. My only negative answers were having seen a doctor for depression and recent financial difficulties. I do tend to walk quickly when I walk, which isn't often enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow, that was depressing. I'm 43 and in terrific health (knock wood) but I had cancer 18 years ago. My Ubble age came back as 55 with a 2.2% risk of dying in the next 5 years. Good reminder to carpe diem, I suppose. Well this kind of confirms Laura's thoughts that my significant increase in age was possibly because I had had cancer... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 38 so had to put 40. It said my ubble age is 32 and a 0.3% chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 ladybugs Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow, that was depressing. I'm 43 and in terrific health (knock wood) but I had cancer 18 years ago. My Ubble age came back as 55 with a 2.2% risk of dying in the next 5 years. Good reminder to carpe diem, I suppose. Me too! I am 38 but it said I was 52! Cancer really sucks the life out of you!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It says I am 24 and have a .1 percent chance of death in 5 years. I turn 35 this summer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It calculated me at 46, four years younger than my actual chronological age, with a 1% chance of dying in the next five years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It says my husband is 20 and has a .3% chance of death in 5 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 48. It says I'm 57 with a 2% chance of dying. I've also had cancer, that and the recent life stressors probably kicked it up. I've been out mowing in the 90 degrees and high humidity. Before a shower to cool me off, I might have guessed my chance of dying in the next five minutes was higher than 2%. :lol: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm in my 20's, but ubble puts me closer to 60's. No cancer. Ho hum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I did it twice. I am 40, but it said 52 with a 2% chance of death within 5 years. When I took cancer (5 years ago) out, I was 27 with a .2% chance. Strange it never asks about weight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I did it twice. I am 40, but it said 52 with a 2% chance of death within 5 years. When I took cancer (5 years ago) out, I was 27 with a .2% chance. Strange it never asks about weight. I think that they were looking for questions that would not require measurements and that could be self-reported. Walking speed is the big one, I think. It is of course possible for someone who is dangerously overweight to habitually walk briskly, but it wouldn't be the norm, I think. My colleague doesn't have a set of bathroom scales and doesn't go to the doctor for check ups, so he has no idea what he weighs. He thinks of himself as 'a bit overweight'. If I looked like him I'd be at a good sized nine months pregnant, so he's much more than 'a bit'. He walks slowly, so his general lack of activity would be picked up by that. He also has a car, which is a black mark for men. He's going through a divorce and has constant money worries. He has a long term illness. So he could self-report the entire thing without any equipment, and get a good idea of his risks. This is from the website: Andrea and Erik found that the variables that most accurately predicted death from all causes within five years did not need to be measured by physical examination, but could be reported by individuals in response to a questionnaire. For example, asking people to rate their overall health (self-reported health) and to describe their usual walking pace were two of the strongest predictors in both men and women for different causes of death. Overall, walking pace was a stronger predictor than smoking habits and other lifestyle measurements. In fact, men aged 40-52 who reported their usual walking pace as ‘slow’ had a 3.7 times increased risk of death within five years than those who answered ‘steady average pace’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 My husband (who is 39 so put him as 40) is the equivalent of a 15 year old with a 0.2% chance of dying in the next 5 years. He is now making fun of me for robbing the cradle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well I will be 38 next week so I put myself at 40. It calculated me at being 25 with a 0.2% chance of dieing in the next 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I think I skewed my results a bit for the worse because I said I walk at a steady, average pace. I probably should have said I walk at a brisk pace. I think I do. But because I'm short my brisk pace is about average for someone taller. ETA -- I did it again with just that one change and now it says I'm two years younger and my five year risk of dying went from 0.7 percent to 0.6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I did it twice for myself because I was unsure about how to answer number of children. I didn't know if it meant all children including adopted or biological only. I was 26 years of age with the two bio and 27 years old with all five children. Either way, I like it! Sheep Daddy is 56 and his age was 64 with a 6.9% chance of dying in the next five years. The cancer really stinks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I did it twice for myself because I was unsure about how to answer number of children. I didn't know if it meant all children including adopted or biological only. I was 26 years of age with the two bio and 27 years old with all five children. Either way, I like it! Sheep Daddy is 56 and his age was 64 with a 6.9% chance of dying in the next five years. The cancer really stinks. Well, it says "How many children have you given birth to?", and to include live births only. So, adopted kids wouldn't count. They would count toward the number of people living with you if you were male though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewber Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I've never considered my walking pace indicative of my health but now that I think about it my low energy level lends to that as well. Interesting. My husband has very high metabolism among other things and he walks so fast I can't keep up. Any other info on walking speed and health? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well, it says "How many children have you given birth to?", and to include live births only. So, adopted kids wouldn't count. They would count toward the number of people living with you if you were male though. Yeesh. I didn't even notice the print in the blue box up above. I just saw the box to type in a number and the word "children". I need to pay closer attention! Thanks for the heads up! Now I am only 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 I've never considered my walking pace indicative of my health but now that I think about it my low energy level lends to that as well. Interesting. My husband has very high metabolism among other things and he walks so fast I can't keep up. Any other info on walking speed and health? Fast walking speed is correlated with better health, rather than necessarily being causative. People might walk slowly because they are already ill, they are extremely inactive, they are morbidly obese, all of which might be risk factors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That is a neat little test. Thx for posting. For another fun and fast one, the sit & get up test is nice. http://discovermagazine.com/2013/nov/05-sit-down it doesn't give you an age & probability but it is a very simple indicator of overall health 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm 47. My Ubble age is 39 and my 5-year risk of dying is 0.5%. Interesting. I'm not sure if I walk at an average or brisk speed. I put average, but oftentimes it's brisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 40 and 0.6% I took it a 2nd time and only changed it to a brisk walk and it went to 37 and 0.4%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 It says I'm 6 years younger than my actual age, which is consistent with where I am health-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hey, I like this. I am 32, with a .3% risk of dying within five years. I don't live in the UK, though. Surprising that it did not ask about BMI/body fat. Maybe it would if it was a US study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That is a neat little test. Thx for posting. For another fun and fast one, the sit & get up test is nice. http://discovermagazine.com/2013/nov/05-sit-down it doesn't give you an age & probability but it is a very simple indicator of overall health According to this one, I'm a goner. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hey, I like this. I am 32, with a .3% risk of dying within five years. I don't live in the UK, though. Surprising that it did not ask about BMI/body fat. Maybe it would if it was a US study. It's designed to be a questionnaire that can be filled in without any technical data. Other questions are proxies for those data. Those data were collected in the original study, from which this simple questionnaire was developed. ETA: the question about applicability to other countries is an interesting one. For example, any Brit of my age grew up in a country where car ownership was not assumed. So there was an awful lot of walking (running) for buses, and carrying of shopping. I have no idea if early exercise/activity has any effect through one's life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 That is a neat little test. Thx for posting. For another fun and fast one, the sit & get up test is nice. http://discovermagazine.com/2013/nov/05-sit-down Has anyone been able to get a 10 on this? I can get a 9, but not a 10, and I'm not convinced I could've gotten a 10 at my peak either (but then and again, I've never had a reason before to not use the side of my leg or a hand on my knee or w/e to get up from sitting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 36 and 0.4% I am 48 so I'll take that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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