“Mortality Gap: Why Women Live Longer than Men”

“Mortality Gap: Why Women Live Longer than Men” July 6, 2015

 

American Gothic, by Grant Wood
Grant Wood, “American Gothic” (1929)
The man on the right, of course, is long gone. But, for all I know, she’s still going strong, spending his savings and going on cruises.
(Click to enlarge.)

 

Life’s unfair, the saying goes, and then you die.

 

But, for men, it may be more accurate to say that life’s unfair and that’s why you die.

 

But has the difference always been there?  Must it be?  Is it becoming larger or smaller?

 

Inquiring minds want to know — and this, of course, is a blog for people with inquiring minds.

 

So here’s an interesting article on the topic:

 

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2015/07/07/mortality_gap_why_women_live_longer_than_men_109299.html

 

Posted from Carlsbad, California

 

 


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