What are the odds of any person being born?

Question

I need these statistics to show adolescents the 'value of their life'

Answer 1

Take a few things into consideration.

-There is only an 8% chance of conception from a single sex act. (info from Plan B clinical trials)

-After menarche, women have approximately 400,000 eggs that can eventually be ovulated. She will only menstruate for approximately 35 years, meaning that only about 430 of those eggs will have matured.

-There are anywhere from 120 million to 600 million sperm in a single male ejaculation, and he can more or less produce an indeterminate number throughout his lifetime.

Other factors to consider are the appropriate timing of that one out of 400,000 female eggs meeting up with any one of those infinite number of sperm at the exact right time considering the probability of pregnancy (8 out of 100) even DURING ovulation.

Someone else can do the math, I'm not good at that part ;)

Answer 2

I couldn't find anything specific on these statistics - I would think there are a LOT of variables. Whether the mother lives in a third world country, is the mother healthy, is the pregnancy wanted, is there a history of disease, availability of health-care, etc.
But I remember hearing a sermon when I was a teen about the fact that no matter what, we're ALL winners! We all happen to be made, in part, from the sperm that won the race. It was a fun and slightly embarrassing theme, but regardless, we should all value life.

Answer 3

This raises some intriguing thoughts. What if, as a consequence of the sex act that conceived you, another of the many millions of sperm present succeeded in fertilizing the ovum, or another ovum was present for the fertilization? Would you still be you, with the same self-awareness, self-interest,, realization of mortality, and all the things that make us unique individuals? What do you think of all those potential siblings who will never exist? What gives us self-awareness? I happen not to believe in a supreme being, but people like me still think about and are fascinated by these questions. Although I love math, I think the numerical aspect of this (the odds against, etc) are far less interesting than the question of individuality and its evolutionary origin. Which brings up another question: are some animals self-aware in the sense that we are? Some, such as elephants, certainly seem affected by the death of a mate or relative. Do they take the next step and contemplate their own mortality? Or are humans unique in this regard?
I realize this is far from a direct answer to your question, which other answers are more explicitly addressing, but I don't think you can talk about the value of life, especially the life one lives, without considering them.

Answer 4

It depends on the age, their family history of childbirth, their health and how well they take care of themselves. But the best way I think is to show teenagers who have babies already like Maury did and let them experience what it means having a baby. I myself am a single mom not totally single yet but working on the divorce.

I have an idea on how I like my son raised. Because my ex husband destroyed my child's mind, I have fell back several steps. I am not only raising him with respect for himself, but to others, I want him to know life skills. I told him also that if he ever want children he would have to have a job, have a roof over their heads, have to be able to buy clothes and by food and all the other things that us parents do. In Canada, a person cannot get a job until they are 16 years old if that. Lots of places now only hire from 18 and up. Some places even expect a person to have a college or university degree. Honestly, if you can watch a Maury Povich show, you would be able to have a better understanding on what he does to change those girls minds.

Answer 5

I don't know if your question has a meaningful answer, or at least one that can be calculated mathematically.
If you asked "what are the odds of being born on November 7th" then the answer could be given. Or "what are the odds of being born in the USA".
I could say that there have been x number of people born since the beginning of humanity and you are one of them, so the odds are 1/x. In order for you to be born the right sperm has to meet the right egg, your father has to meet your mother, and their ancestors have to meet each other in just the way they did. What are the odds of that? I don't think it could be calculated.

Answer 6

That sort of statistic will not be taken notice of.

You want to show people the value of life, you will need to try other means such as how they can impove thier life, what they can do to get out of bad situations and why it is good for them to do so.

How will they effect thier families?
How will they effect thier friends?
What do they mean to these people?
What can they contribute to society and thier friends etc?
Why?

How can they be someone?

This is the value of life; they feel like there is no piont to anything because they cannot get out the rut they are in and do not see that they can stand out and make an impression.

Answer 7

Statistics will not prove that life has value.It will not cure or even treat depression.

Answer 8

100 percent of coarse or the person is not born