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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2022 Apr 11;124(2):381–395. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000418

Table 3.

Estimates of Life Expectancies in Years for Female and Male Participants at 80 Years Old With Mean Years of Education, No Depressive Symptoms, No APOE ε4 Allele, and Standard Deviations of Personality Traits

Life expectancies in years (95% CIs)
Non-impaired cognitive healthspan Total estimated life expectancy
80 year old female 80 year old male 80 year old female 80 year old male
Conscientiousness
−1SD 7.73 (6.97, 8.07) 6.95 (6.21, 7.61) 12.15 (11.34, 12.86) 10.84 (9.88, 11.63)
Mean 8.69 (8.17, 9.02) 7.84 (7.19, 8.55) 12.95 (12.24, 13.59) 11.57 (10.78, 12.39)
+1SD 9.51 (8.77, 10.22) 8.57 (7.80, 9.68) 13.49 (12.64, 14.30) 12.04 (11.02, 13.17)
Neuroticism
−1SD 8.28 (7.78, 8.85) 7.00 (6.33, 7.77) 11.88 (11.21, 12.63) 10.31 (9.57, 11.27)
Mean 7.78 (7.41, 8.25) 6.58 (5.99, 7.17) 11.85 (11.21, 12.49) 10.30 (9.49, 11.05)
+1SD 7.22 (6.61, 7.71) 6.12 (5.31, 6.72) 11.77 (10.88, 12.40) 10.25 (9.18, 11.14)
Extraversion
−1SD 7.03 (6.57, 7.51) 5.74 (5.11, 6.33) 11.24 (10.55, 11.95) 9.18 (8.38, 10.03)
Mean 7.56 (7.21, 8.01) 6.20 (5.71, 6.74) 11.63 (11.06, 12.25) 9.56 (8.90, 10.21)
+1SD 8.12 (7.52, 8.58) 6.68 (6.01, 7.26) 12.03 (11.24, 12.57) 9.94 (9.16, 10.65)

Note. SD=standard deviation; CI=confidence interval.