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Originally Posted by Villages PL
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.
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No, you are misunderstanding the statistic. You cannot compare a life span number from 2013 to data collected in the 1980's. Again, where do you get your data that MD's life span is shorter than the average American? I posted numbers collected contemporaneously showing exactly the opposite, that MD's outlive their peer group. I think I am quite skilled at using the Google but I am willing to accept your findings if you can show me the source with a link. Some very exact numbers were posted with life spans for different kinds of doctors.
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Originally Posted by Villages PL
It seems that U.S. physicians don't live as long, on average, as the rest of the population. I believe the average lifespan in the U.S. is about 78.
White physicians only live to 73 on average
Black doctors................68.7
Surgeons................68
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/158***32
Anesthesiologists are living longer: mortality experience 1992 to 2... - PubMed - NCBI
Mortality rates and causes among U.S. physicians. - PubMed - NCBI