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Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

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Re: Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

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Post by hristov »

dirtyhippiefree wrote: post #12
atleastoptimal wrote: post #4

What precisely is causing Americans to die so much earlier than Europeans? I know obesity, healthcare access and gun violence play a factor, but is there anything else?

Vacation time.

Lest someone assume the parent is a snide comment, Europeans tend to have significantly longer vacations.

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Post by wilg »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #4

What precisely is causing Americans to die so much earlier than Europeans? I know obesity, healthcare access and gun violence play a factor, but is there anything else?

If you want actual analysis of this, I'd suggest:

- https://www.slowboring.com/p/tackling-americas-weirdly-short...

- https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/americans-are-coping-ourselves...

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Post by boringg »

sivers wrote: post #18

At age 54, I'm now in the final quarter of my life. That assumption inspires me. It discourages procrastination, and encourages me to let go of plans that probably won't happen, since I'm almost out of time. “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” ― Leonard Bernstein

Great quote. Hopefully you get two more quarters but I hope that doesn't take away from the motivation ;)

Re: Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

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Post by Manuel_D »

epicureanideal wrote: post #2

Perhaps to be fair we should let men retire earlier or collect larger social security checks, so the average total paid out would be roughly equal?

Let's aim for more modest goals, like just making men and women's retirement ages equal. But even that elicits protests: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-women-pensions-id...

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Post by partiallypro »

sivers wrote: post #18

At age 54, I'm now in the final quarter of my life. That assumption inspires me. It discourages procrastination, and encourages me to let go of plans that probably won't happen, since I'm almost out of time. “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” ― Leonard Bernstein

Drugs and obesity skew the numbers, so you're probably more likely in the final 1/3rd.

Re: Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

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Post by paulddraper »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #4

What precisely is causing Americans to die so much earlier than Europeans? I know obesity, healthcare access and gun violence play a factor, but is there anything else?

Americans live on average 2 years less than Europeans. [1]

37% of US adults and 16% of EU adults are obese (2014). [2]

Even moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by 3 years. Severe obesity is 10 years. [3]

Factor in the not-obsese-but-overweight, and you explain basically the entire difference.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/health/american-life-expectan...

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670332/

[3] https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2009-03-18-moderate-obesity-takes-...

Re: Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

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Post by solumunus »

paulddraper wrote: post #13
dirtyhippiefree wrote: post #11

Testosterone causes risky behavior, statistically speaking. It’s not dead men, it’s the car crashes that make insuring 18 year old males so expensive…in but one example…

Testosterone itself shortens life. It's why bodybuilders die younger than any other athlete.

Just no.
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