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Life expectancy of medical practitioners vs general population
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God forbid you should do your own research, eh, Max? But I’m in a compassionate mood today, so: Frank, Biola, and Burnett: Mortality Rates and Causes Among U.S. Physicians. Am J. Prev Med 2000 Oct; 19(3):155-159. Average physician (white) dies at age 73. I’ll be glad to accept your apology any time. — David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they’re almost always correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." http://www.stats.gov.nt.ca/Statinfo/Demographics/Vital_Revised/revise… .html Life Expectancy From Birth, by Gender & Ethnicity Northwest Territories. 1982 – ‘97 Males Females Overall (Years) (Years) (Years) 1997 74.7 79.3 76.8 Aboriginal 72.0 76.7 74.3 Non-Aboriginal 76.6 81.5 78.7 Therefore they live shorter lives than the general population – Doctors 73, general population 77. Carole http://www.austarmetro.com.au/~hubbca —
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God forbid you should do your own research, eh, Max? But I’m in a compassionate mood today, so: Frank, Biola, and Burnett: Mortality Rates and Causes Among U.S. Physicians. Am J. Prev Med 2000 Oct; 19(3):155-159. Average physician (white) dies at age 73.
Obviously, for somebody to become a physician and do their 6 years of study means that 24 years of age there would be 100% alive in order to qualify. With the general population having average death 77 years of age, a percentage would already have died before reaching 24 years of age. This could account for perhaps 5-10% of the population and would need to be calculated into the figures. If those who died before 24 years of age were taken out, the average life expectancy for the general population could increase to 80 years or more. What factors would account for doctors living shorter lives than the genral population? Carole http://www.austarmetro.com.au/~hubbca
http://www.stats.gov.nt.ca/Statinfo/Demographics/Vital_Revised/revise… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – .html Life Expectancy From Birth, by Gender & Ethnicity Northwest Territories. 1982 – ‘97 Males Females Overall (Years) (Years) (Years) 1997 74.7 79.3 76.8 Aboriginal 72.0 76.7 74.3 Non-Aboriginal 76.6 81.5 78.7 Therefore they live shorter lives than the general population – Doctors 73, general population 77. Carole http://www.austarmetro.com.au/~hubbca —
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Frank, Biola, and Burnett: Mortality Rates and Causes Among U.S. Physicians. Am J. Prev Med 2000 Oct; 19(3):155-159. Average physician (white) dies at age 73. What factors would account for doctors living shorter lives than the genral population?
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