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By that logic, shouldn’t about 25% of US persons be 150, given the annual death rate of 9.28 per thousand?


No. Humans age in a way that cars don't, so "that logic" would not attempt to apply the same curve to humans.

If you're done nitpicking, you're welcome to explain your number better. You forgot to say how to apply "4.5%". I'm sure an exponential fit has issues, but a linear fit would be much worse, and anything fancy needs more data points.




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