I tried to figure out why the average age dropped so much from 1800 to 1900. I created a test file with a male with lifespan 1960-1990 and a female 1960-2010. Their average life should be 40 years. Legacy 8 calculated the average to 39 years, 11m, 20d. OK.
Then I added a female born 1990, still living. The stat report now lowers the average age for people 1900-1999 to 26 years,7m,24d. !!!!! The only way this result can come about is that Legacy has assumed that the living individual died as an infant. So Legacy, fix up the calculation of average age. The average age for males = 30 and females 50, which are reasonable. Best regards, Jens K. On 16.12.2013 23:40, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > Eliz, > > What we are all wondering is what records are selected to be used for the > averaging? > > For the 1900-1999 grouping does that mean a person had to be born aft 1900 or > died after > 1900? > > How much does abt., aft., bet, bef, cal, cir, records are used if any? > > A simple explanation on the Help page would suffice for most of us, but I am > dismayed it > wasnt part of the update release. > > > Jay > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Eliz Hanebury <elizhg...@gmail.com > <mailto:elizhg...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > I wondered if you have a lot of people with no known birth date but who > do have a date > of death. Legacy thinks that = 0 which will lower your age stats a lot. > > Eliz > Not Today and Not without a Fight > (Anon) > > For all that has been, thanks. > For all that will be, yes. > (Dag Hammarskjold) > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:04 AM, David Newton > <davidnew...@drdavid.plus.com > <mailto:davidnew...@drdavid.plus.com>> wrote: > > Could one of you explain to me how the statistics are calculated? > > In my family file the average lifespan by century never exceeds 17 > years > whereas the average male and female lifespans are around 53 and 48 > respectively. These figures seem to be inconsistent with each other > but > in the absence of how the calculations are done I cannot be sure what > it > is telling me. > > David > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our > blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
