JeffreyDawmer

JeffreyDawmer t1_jdsnyw2 wrote

Reply to comment by Artelj in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga

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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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdsntad wrote

Reply to [Image] study :) by Dopamine_trance

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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdrp7ng wrote

Reply to comment by Fred2620 in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga

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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JeffreyDawmer t1_jdrp1gg wrote

Reply to comment by Objective-Mechanic89 in Research found after six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ages of 65 and 69 loses his wife he is 70% more likely to die in the year that follows, when compared with his non-widowed peers by Wagamaga

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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