Higher death rates in boom times, survey shows

A new study shows that the death rate among middle-aged and elderly people is higher when the economy is booming than when it is heading into a recession. As many countries are not only in recession, but also have increasing numbers of of elderly people in the population, the authors wanted to know what impact this might have on life expectancy. The researchers, from the Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing and Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, defined middle age as years 40-44 and older people as aged 70-74...
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