Higher risk of death on the birthday

More people are dying on their own birthday

06/18/2012

According to a study by the scientific team around psychiatrist Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross of the University of Zurich, people die more often on the day of their birth than on other days. For the investigation, the researchers evaluated the death of about two million dead. They came to the conclusion that the risk of death on their own birthday by 14 percent higher than on other days. Particularly high is the risk of succumbing to a heart attack. In comparison, the risk of heart attack is increased by 18.6 percent, says Ajdacic-Gross. Also, more people would die of cancer than on comparable days. The risk here is about 10 percent higher.

According to study data, women would have a 21.5 percent increased risk of suffering a stroke on their birthday. The risk of suicide is also greatly increased among men. On the birthday, according to the researchers, there is a 35 percent increased risk of committing suicide.

The scientists can now speculate about the reasons. They believe that most people are increasingly stressed on their day of honor and therefore suffer from stress. Experts therefore recommend that the Wiegenfest be approached rather relaxed and instead of holding a big party, preferring to eat in a relaxed atmosphere.

A message from the online portal „Retiree News“, after a certain "Bernd Hinterlader" from the "Institute for Applied Necrophilia" contradicts the study data on the basis of his own evaluations, after thorough research our view turned out to be untrue. Neither the named institute nor an expert named „Bernd Hinterlader“ was to be determined for an opinion. He allegedly said that his own analysis of more than 4 million records worldwide deceased had come to other results. That's the death time „in almost all cases not on the respective birthday but on the day of death“ fall. (Sb)

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