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Life expectancy of doctors is increasing and is higher than in other professions.
In Germany, a 60 yr old female doctor can statistically expect to live to be 87.1 ( a male doctor 83.9 yrs) vs 83.7 / 79.5 yrs in the general population.
Statistics from the US had shown that already in the 1920ies doctors lived longer thantheir peers.
So – although this looks amazing not all is well. Suicides among doctors are also more common, and women are leading here, too: a female doctor is 2.5 -5.7 times more likely to kill herself than a woman who isn´t a medic.
DtschMedWochenschr 2013: 138:2666-2670
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I think we should not jump to conclusions, but the numbers certainly give room for speculation.
Life expectancy tends to be higher in professions that come with an increased income and relatively status, but suicide rates? It is really just because we know how to do it?
Edited on 21/1/2014 by Editor
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