Jul 18, 2024 05:09 PM
(This post was last modified: Jul 18, 2024 08:45 PM by C C.)
You're significantly more likely to die on your birthday. Here's why
https://www.sciencefocus.com/qanda/youre...r-birthday
EXCERPTS: The birthday effect is a statistical phenomenon (and a real party pooper) in which a person’s likelihood of dying is higher on, or around, their birthday.
This somewhat gloomy discovery has been validated by various studies, such as the 2012 Swiss study, which identified a 13.8 per cent rise in the number of people aged 60 and older who meet their end on their actual birthdays, compared to other days.
Similarly, a 2015 study in the US found that, on average, the risk of dying on your birthday is 6.7 per cent higher.
So why does this peculiar phenomenon occur? There are a few theories:
Firstly, birthdays often lead to over-the-top celebrations with excessive consumption of alcohol ... For some individuals grappling with terminal illnesses [...and birthday blues...] (MORE - missing details)
- - - - - - - - - - - -
I get it for kids, but have never understood celebrating adult birthdays. Like we have enough official holidays -- that they keep adding to -- without dozens of personal, contingent ones being supplied as an irregular preparation annoyance. (Smartphone group-messages have only increased the nightmare and number of birthdays to attend to.) It took harsh measures to break the idiots around me of even thinking about trying to observe my birthday, but the affliction continues in the broader picture...
https://www.sciencefocus.com/qanda/youre...r-birthday
EXCERPTS: The birthday effect is a statistical phenomenon (and a real party pooper) in which a person’s likelihood of dying is higher on, or around, their birthday.
This somewhat gloomy discovery has been validated by various studies, such as the 2012 Swiss study, which identified a 13.8 per cent rise in the number of people aged 60 and older who meet their end on their actual birthdays, compared to other days.
Similarly, a 2015 study in the US found that, on average, the risk of dying on your birthday is 6.7 per cent higher.
So why does this peculiar phenomenon occur? There are a few theories:
Firstly, birthdays often lead to over-the-top celebrations with excessive consumption of alcohol ... For some individuals grappling with terminal illnesses [...and birthday blues...] (MORE - missing details)
- - - - - - - - - - - -
I get it for kids, but have never understood celebrating adult birthdays. Like we have enough official holidays -- that they keep adding to -- without dozens of personal, contingent ones being supplied as an irregular preparation annoyance. (Smartphone group-messages have only increased the nightmare and number of birthdays to attend to.) It took harsh measures to break the idiots around me of even thinking about trying to observe my birthday, but the affliction continues in the broader picture...