By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.ComPublished: 18:28 EDT, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 18:28 EDT, 7 July 2021Scientists have developed a new, online calculator that can predict how long senior citizens will live. Researchers based the tool on data from more than 491,000 elderly people who received home care between 2007 and 2013. To use the calculator, users answer 17 questions about their or their family member's health and ability to care for themselves. It then ranks if the patient's risk of death low, moderate, high or very high. Next, the calculator offers a risk of death in three months, one year and five years based on users with the same responses.

Source: The Nation July 07, 2021 23:03 UTC