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Originally Posted by blueash
Where did you get your statistic? Here is the last published data I could locate for your claim, and it is the opposite of your conclusion:
Mortality rates and causes among U.S. physicians. - PubMed - NCBI
"Among both U.S. white and black men, physicians were, on average, older when they died, than were lawyers, all examined professionals, and all men." |
I just found that the male life expectancy has gone up to 75.2 Search: Male lifespan increasing - U.S.A. Today.
So doctors on average live 2.2 years less than the average male.