Here are some interesting findings about deaths among people below retirement age. A remarkable 55 percent of deaths for people ages 15 to 64 can be attributed to personal choices - things like smoking, overeating, or unsafe sex. That's a vast difference from a century ago, when a scant 5% of deaths were brought on by personal decisions (infectious diseases accounted for most of the rest). It really is important to pay attention to the choices you make about caring for your body.
Lifestyle choices and mortality
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That's one scary number right there. Making it even more scary, let's throw alcohol and other drugs in there and tally the number when we add the people they kill while driving under the influence.
Just before they light one of their farts and blow up the entire house (or trailer).
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Those numbers would include alcohol so anyone drinking more than the very small current recomendations( think it's a thimble every second week) is killing themselves with lifestyle.
Also do you like a big steak? Cos that is out, the recomended amount of meat is very small. How much sleep do you get? Do you drink coffee? Lifestyle factors is very wideranging.
