Listen to albums or research films from your Life Story
Click on an Album image or Film image for more information, and to listen to an Album if you've a Spotify account.
How accurate are the dates of these events?
Accurate to the year but not to the month, as many have been re-arranged within their year to keep the display compact.
URL (link) Parameters
You can add up to 3 parameters to the website URL, in any order :
- dob=YYYY-MM-DD
- female=y (having easy lives girls live longer!)
- name=Lady%20Gaga (use '%20' to represent a space)
Example :
(note use of '?' before the first parameter and '&' before subsequent parameters)
Lady Gaga (born 28 March 1986) :
https://www.davegott.com/yourlife/?dob=1986-03-28&female=y&name=Lady%20Gaga
How is life expectancy calculated?
By using :
- Your current age
- Your gender
- UK Office for National Statistics data
To check the impact of lifestyle on life expectancy many websites can help, such as :
www.riskprediction.org.uk
www.confused.com
Life expectancy increases with age :
| Age | Life Expectancy | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| 0 | 79.18 | 82.86 |
| 10 | 79.60 | 83.22 |
| 20 | 79.73 | 83.30 |
| 30 | 80.04 | 83.44 |
| 40 | 80.50 | 83.72 |
| 50 | 81.29 | 84.25 |
| 60 | 82.57 | 85.20 |
| 70 | 84.77 | 86.82 |
| 80 | 88.32 | 89.61 |
| 90 | 94.01 | 94.57 |
| 100 | 102.05 | 102.16 |
(Data from UK Office for National Statistics)