Mortality are Doctor's estimates of mortality better?

Probably not. In court room settings it is not uncommon for defense attorneys to want to incorporate some type of 'health adjusted' mortality rate into a household services or earnings capacity analysis.

In most of these instances the defense is arguing that there is some factor, like a diease, that reduces the plaintiff's life expectancy beyond that of the average person in life data.

For instance there is a good body of research on the life expectancy of persons with spinal cord injuries.

Many Doctors' opinions can useful. However relying on the opinion of one doctor, no matter, how qualified is suspect. For example, there do exist data from the medical community that studies the impact of certain conditions on morbidity.

However these studies are not based on the opinion of 1 doc. Instead the mortality tables that are produced from these studies are the compilation of experiences from many doctors and patients.






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