Angela
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Nice statistical analysis of a recent paper finding that death rates have been rising for middle aged white women.
http://andrewgelman.com/2015/11/10/...r-middle-aged-white-women-decreasing-for-men/
I think it's probably tobacco related. Maybe younger women face more peer pressure to quit, and older women didn't do it as much because it wasn't considered ladylike. Or maybe the drug use and binge drinking (and promiscuous sexual behavior) of so many younger women will also catch up with them.
I know I've seen studies in the past that all these things have a proportionally more adverse effect on women than men.
It's such utter stupidity in my view. Being equal with men doesn't mean we should adopt all their idiotic behaviors.
http://andrewgelman.com/2015/11/10/...r-middle-aged-white-women-decreasing-for-men/
I think it's probably tobacco related. Maybe younger women face more peer pressure to quit, and older women didn't do it as much because it wasn't considered ladylike. Or maybe the drug use and binge drinking (and promiscuous sexual behavior) of so many younger women will also catch up with them.
I know I've seen studies in the past that all these things have a proportionally more adverse effect on women than men.
It's such utter stupidity in my view. Being equal with men doesn't mean we should adopt all their idiotic behaviors.