IT also doesn't necessarily "die"
My D50 which recently gave me issues (enough that I sent it in) Was at 24,000 pics in 11 months since purchased (New)
BUT I take it to extremely dusty conditions which i'm sure contributed to its problems
(Auto ISO is sometimes terribly inaccurate when metering, Shutter might possibly have been sticking (hard to tell I got a few extremely overexposed pics and a few extremely underexposed ones) Then I got an F - - error (Connection problem) with a Lens thats absolutely fine, and had been working and taking pics about 20 seconds before (resetting the camera didn't fix it for that lens) Also the jog dial wasn't always registering
So I don't think its really a shutter actuation issue, I think mostly the dust got to it, But as far as my warranty is concerned There never was any "dangerous" situations! And so its not like the shutter failed, in fact it could be perfectly fine, and my meter could be messed! I don't know.
So for the OP, its not the end of the camera, since after the fix it will work fine for a while, but for how long is anyones guess. I figure at least 3 years, but with less use, probably more like 5 or 6.