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by mikeyouse 1985 days ago
I don’t think that’s necessarily true either - Young men have much higher mortality rates as well - up to 3x in some age groups:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age...

Primarily from accidents and violence if I recall correctly.

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While true, that's still data that is secondary to the main point. These are the real stats that reflect the disparity.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the...