Never-Marrieds Have the Highest Risk of Early Death
Never-Marrieds Have the Highest Risk of Early Death - CME Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today: "LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 -- Unmarried life may impinge on life expectancy, according to researchers here.
Those who have never married have a 58% higher risk of an earlier death, compared with a married reference group, found Robert Kaplan, Ph.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles and Richard Kronick, Ph.D., of UC San Diego.
Strikingly, the 58% never-married penalty was also higher than the 27% combined death rates for those who were separated or divorced and the 39% rate for widowed persons. they reported in the August issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Drs. Kaplan and Kronick suggested that those who have never married may require special attention. Their risks, they said, rival the risks of having increased blood pressure or high cholesterol. 'Our data suggest that being never married deserves a separate category and more research attention,' they wrote. "
Those who have never married have a 58% higher risk of an earlier death, compared with a married reference group, found Robert Kaplan, Ph.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles and Richard Kronick, Ph.D., of UC San Diego.
Strikingly, the 58% never-married penalty was also higher than the 27% combined death rates for those who were separated or divorced and the 39% rate for widowed persons. they reported in the August issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Drs. Kaplan and Kronick suggested that those who have never married may require special attention. Their risks, they said, rival the risks of having increased blood pressure or high cholesterol. 'Our data suggest that being never married deserves a separate category and more research attention,' they wrote. "
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