Risk Calculators

While not completely accurate, now more than ever, one can calculate one’s futures risks:

Here are some ‘General’ Risk Calculators:

1. Life Expectancy Calculator (based on data from millions of Canadians)
2. Risk of Death for people living in a nursing home – Projectbiglife.ca
3. Estimate how much sodium you consume each day – Projectbiglife.ca

And here are calculators for some specific diseases:

1. Risk of Heart Attack & Stroke – Projectbiglife.ca
   1. Multi-ethnic heart risk calculator here.
   2. Framingham 10 Yr Risk Calculators (for non-diabetics, 30-79 yo with no history of heart disease or intermittent claudication)
      1. Version 1: (Age, Sex, Smoker, T-Chol, HDL, SBP, BP Rx)
      2. Version 2: (Age, Sex, Smoker, DM, BP, Chol [T or LDL], HDL)
2. Risk of type 2 diabetes – Diabetes Canada (International versions here)
3. Estimate your risk of several different cancers here.

If you’d like to see other calculators related to nutrition, see here.