Planning for your midlife crisis

Yesterday I presented a talk at ODSC East 2026, called Counterfactual Analysis with Bayesian Models: What Drives the Life Expectancy Gap? Here s the abstract Across nearly every country in the world, women live longer than men—but the size of this gap varies from about two years in some countries to more than twelve in others. What explains these differences, and how much of the gap can be closed?…