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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdqnmhe wrote

What happens if you look at single males in this age group vs widowed males?

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Fred2620 t1_jdr8j7s wrote

Single males show no difference in mortality in the months following the death of their nonexistent wife.

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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdrp7ng wrote

That's not what I'm asking. If you treat single men as a control group, it could shed more light on what the root causes are. Funny though

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Objective-Mechanic89 t1_jdr9lnb wrote

Wow what a question! When a single man's wife dies, he actually lives to infinity on average. That's the real LPT

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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdrp1gg wrote

What? I'm wondering if the grief of losing a loved one is all that's at play here, or if it's the loss of social contact and what the effect of each could be. No need to get snarky because you didn't understand the question, it just makes you look bad.

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Objective-Mechanic89 t1_jdrxicj wrote

The data set is about people dying after their SPOUSE. Single people don't die after their spouse because they didn't have one. I didn't understand the question because it doesn't make much sense.

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Artelj t1_jds8ngf wrote

I read in another comment here, Single men die earlier than married men, but single woman live longer than married woman.

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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdsnyw2 wrote

Interesting. I would've guessed as much but the single women living longer than their married counterparts is definitely a surprise.

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