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Subject: Re: Life Expectancy
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 09:56:01 EDT
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> > Most ... inequities seem to be biases against women hence
> > the need for a net.women but no net.men.
> 
> But how about a net.sex_roles? That would cover a lot of stuff in a fair way.
> 
> > The death rate
> > for females is substantially less than that for males at all ages from birth
> > up to somewhere in the eighties.  This seems to be true in most if not all
> > cultures as well.
> 
> OK, but what are the stats for men who avoid the behavioral factors, and are 
> thus only affected by the biological ones? Men kill themselves by:
> 
> Drinking to excess
> Smoking tobacco (but women are catching up!)
> Use of drugs
> Getting in fights
> Getting in wars (except WW3 will kill us all)
> Working in dangerous occupations
> Macho driving
> Dangerous sports, and taking extra risks in them
> Working too hard
> Suicide (many more men than women kill themselves)
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* > Having anything to do with firearms       *
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Please tell us the source of statistics that suggest this.  I believe
the shooting sports are considerably safer than people think.  I've
seen some statistics but I can't recall where, at the moment.  At
least you put it at the bottom of your list.


> 
> Agreed, we poor men are "the weaker vessel", but what would the figures look
> like if we acted more sensibly?
> 
> John Purbrick					jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA
> {...decvax!genrad!  ...allegra!mit-vax!}  mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg

Charlie