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Do those who retire early live longer?

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It's often said that early retirement lengthens your life, but is it true? And do some professions have a shorter life expectancy? If a statistical claim is repeated often enough it can become accepted as a universal truth, even if it has no basis in fact. There's the suggestion that 93% of communication is non-verbal (not true) or the oft-repeated suggestion that there are more people alive today than have ever lived (not true either).

Senh: From the graph, it appears that wealthier people live longer. Women also have a higher life expectancy than men.

 

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