New Life Expectancy Study: MEN

I'm 64, I was at a 5K, waiting to get some cash for my age group award, lamenting the fact that I'm slower than I was when I was 34. This kid, waiting for HIS award said- My dad is 64 and he can't even get out of his chair, you're amazing.

THAT guy would spit out his coffee.

No, this is old news.

The American health is declining. There are many reasons for this.

Since you are already old, there is nothing to fear. Just do the things you want to do and do them as long as you can.

Any disparity is due to discrimination.

C and H

You've probably got more like 6 years... still, I wouldn't be wasting it.

Old news??? The study letter was just released yesterday.
Also, I haven’t seen anything on the internet/tv.

A part of me wants to go wild, and then my old boring self comes back to slap me in the face…

Still running? Still active? Enjoying life? Then you will be fine and likely exceed the statistical life expectancy.

The generation that I worry about are the younger men under age 35 with few social connections that subsist on ultra-processed food delivered to their door while they play endless hours of video games, watch loads of online porn, and doom scroll all day. I'll likely be gone but I wouldn't be surprised to see American men routinely dying by age 60 by 2050 due to poor health/hygiene/dietary habits, a sedentary lifestyle, and terrible mental health.

Homicide, while small, kills far more men than women

Car crashes and other things kill more men (more risk taking)

More workplace deaths

heart disease due to more testosterone

of course women (if liberals can define it) live longer than men

Stats for Canadian men (from 2021) show 79.2. Perhaps you should move to get those years back?

Don't forget that the suicide rates have been going bananas since coronis. Those data points do contribute to bringing down the average life expectancy, so it's not entirely poor physical health. It's also poor mental health.

It's those guys on here you see busting up in threads like the "how to meet a woman in your 30s" crowing about how it's too late, all the good ones are already taken or that it's impossible to date an attractive younger woman. Well, when the first kind of cute girl who returned their phone calls that they married at 25 divorces them in their late 30s/early 40s, it sends these guys spiraling. Their fragile psychology simply can't cope. That's why you see so many "deaths of despair", characterized by isolation, chronic illness, and substance abuse in the in the 45-55 age bracket for men.

In other words, beta males don't live as long

Oh, Canada! Nationalized healthcare and an easier going lifestyle makes a huge difference. It would be interesting to know if their food is of better quality (less processed and refined)? Do most Canadians (other than a semi-famous screenwriter) spend 12+ hours a day staring at a screen and getting angry/sad/horny/envious/agitated while dumping stress hormones into their bloodstreams? Do Canucks get out more and interact with people in the real world? Is the average Canadian male content to have a good job, food on the table, and a roof over his head rather than constantly thinking that he needs more power, more money, and better stuff?

Not as far as I can see. I'm 68 and have no family doctor anymore and there are none within many miles of me. Yesterday I spent $ 68CAD on 1 bag of groceries containing 1 piece of pork and some vegetables and bananas. I'm looking for work, but given my age have found it to be quite a process. House prices are through the roof, as is rent. Hmmf. Maybe we ought to try South America?...

Under-appreciated how great a tax on mental health poverty and market forces in general are.

How much of the drug epidemic, child crime, gangs, family abuse and general suffering is produced by intense and intensifying poverty? 98%? 99%?

The things that tend to kill young people have the biggest impact on life expectancy. The US leads the developed world in most of those categories. Canada doesn't have a longer life expectancy than the US because their healthcare system is better (though it is), they have a longer life expectancy because Canadians are much less likely to be shot, or get hit by cars, or OD.

We could have and should have done more to make our community take the vaccine, agreed.

The average person never gets into particularly good shape during their childhood / teens. They finish school and basically don't exercise again outside of bursts of inspiration on Jan 1st. They look notably worse by 22, and by 30 they're washed. By 35 it's speciation.

Go on websites like reddit and count how many people you see reminiscing about their physical prowess at 17/18. And then, athletes among us, recall what the average kid was like in your cohort growing up. That's their peak.

Alcohol is a huge problem here as well. A great way to shave off 10 years or more of your life is drinking. Obviously, if you're an acute alcoholic, that's a lot different. I'm talking about the amount that leads to a sedentary lifestyle, leading to extra weight, stress on the heart and a poor diet in general. And I'm also not talking about someone in the 20's still just having a good time with their friends. More so the 40-something still tying one on every weekend.

To each their own, I'm not telling anyone how to live their life. Just don't be surprised if you don't see the grandkids graduate high school because shweeling is a bigger priority later in life.

We've found the douche who wears "Lions not sheep" t-shirts.