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Obituary average age. October 14, 2014: 68.82

The average age of those listed in the nine obituaries in the October 14, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 68.82. The median was 72 with a sample standard deviation of 14.21 The ages ranged from 35 to 84. Eleven names were listed. This is the tenth day I’ve been collecting this data.  The mean of  obituary average ages  using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, […]

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Obituary average age: October 13, 2014 : 64.43

The average age of those listed in the nine obituaries in the October 13, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 64.43. The median was 57 with a sample standard deviation of 16.2 The ages ranged from 47 to 89. Seven names were listed. This is the ninth day I’ve been collecting this data.  The mean of  obituary average ages  using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, […]

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Obituary average age. October 10, 2014: 71.27

The average age of those listed in the nine obituaries in the October 10, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 71.27. The median was 79 with a sample standard deviation of 18.49 The ages ranged from 32 to 90. This is the eight day I’ve been collecting this data.  The mean of  obituary average ages  using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27} at Wolfram alpha […]

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Obituary average age. October 8, 2014: 74.11

The average age of those listed in the nine obituaries in the October 8, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 74.11. The ages ranged from 55 to 87. This is the seventh day I’ve been collecting this data. Statistics on the  obituary average ages  using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11} at Wolfram alpha.

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Obituary average age: October 7, 2014: 66.8333.

The average age of those listed in the six obituaries in the October 7, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 66.8333. The ages ranged from 84 to 49. This is the sixth day I’ve been collecting this data. Mean 66.64, median 65.42. l Statistics on the data  using list(77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333) at Wolfram alpha.

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Obituary average age. October 6, 2014: 55

The average age of those listed in the four obituaries in the October 6, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 55. I definitely am beating the average.

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Obituary average age. October 5, 2014 : 62.5

The average age of those listed in the obituaries in the October 5, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 62.5. Only two were listed today.

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Obituary average age. October 4, 2014 : 74.143

The average of age of those listed in the Obituary Section of October 4, 2014 Free Lance-Star is 74.143. My age is 69.42. So I guess I’m below average. It has been a  beautiful day today. I spent a couple of hours this morning in Hurkamp Park buying some food at the farmers’ market, listening to […]

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Obituary Average Age. October 3, 2014: 64

The average of age of those listed in the Obituary Section of today’s Free Lance-Star is 64. My age is 69.42. So I guess I’m above average. I’ve been keeping statistics for two days now and the average reported age of death so far is 70.6875.

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Obituary Average Age. October 2, 2014: 77.375

I do like to read obituaries as they are often written by well-meaning amateurs.  As I get older I sometimes think how close I am to the age of those whose obituaries are listed. But, you know how it goes, if the person is younger  you think that you are a survivor and if they are many […]

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