Comment by klipt
1 day ago
Your CDC figure is an average over all genders. Assuming hacker news readers are disproportionately men, the mortality rate is even higher, since men die younger than women on average.
1 day ago
Your CDC figure is an average over all genders. Assuming hacker news readers are disproportionately men, the mortality rate is even higher, since men die younger than women on average.
On the other hand, my guess is that male HN readers are not a very representative sample in this respect. That is, they (we) are significantly less likely than average to engage in the type of risky behaviors that mostly explain the gender disparity.
The difference is mostly heart disease not "risky behavior".
If anything the average software engineer is more likely to die of heart disease due to our sedentary lifestyles.
Sitting on chairs is the real "risky behavior" in terms of health, although few people think of it that way.
I wasn’t aware of the degree of disparity in early-onset ischemic heart disease, thanks. But it doesn’t seem to me it’s "mostly heart disease rather than risky behavior", more like those are both major causes of excess mortality among young men.
Are you aware of any distinction between extensive sitting vs extensive reclining like on a divan?
My intution is there is a distinction besides the fact both are sedate behaviors
A lot of gender disparity is cardiovascular disease being 50% more likely to be diagnosed in men than in women of same age, so not directly related to risky behavior.