Life-expectancy reduced by 1 year = about 30 minutes off yo… - David Spiegelhalter

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Life-expectancy reduced by 1 year = about 30 minutes off your life expectancy for each day with the habit = 1

David Spiegelhalter

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Sir David John Spiegelhalter (born 16 August 1953) is a British statistician and a Fellow of . From 2007 to 2018 he was in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is an ISI highly cited researcher and current Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the . In 2020 he joined the UK Statistics Authority board as a non-executive director for a period of three years, which was extended through to 2026.

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Birth Name: David John Spiegelhalter

Alternative Names: David J Spiegelhalter • David J. Spiegelhalter • Sir David John Spiegelhalter

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