Posted on 01/29/2007 3:03:33 AM PST by Cardhu
01/29/2007
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An award-winning health-care leader has this message to elderly women: living with your husband is bad for your health. A research project conducted by Koichiro Fujimoto of the Ehime General Health Care Association showed that elderly women living with their retired husbands had almost twice the risk of dying than women living by themselves. "There are many elderly men who depend on their wives for much of their daily lives, and the presence of the husband is a physical and emotional burden on the wife," said Fujimoto, who received an award from the Ehime medical association on Sunday for his work on the health risks facing senior citizens. Fujimoto's team started the research between 1996 and 1998. About 3,100 men and women between 60 and 84 living in what was then Shigenobu, next to Matsuyama, were asked to reply to a 17-part questionnaire. They were asked about their medical history, if they had a living spouse, if they smoked, and other lifestyle queries. Shigenobu has since merged into what is now the city of Toon. About five years later, between 2001 and 2002, the research team determined whether their subjects were still living. The researchers compared the 200 or so subjects who had died against the approximately 2,900 who were still living. In particular, they looked into the effects of having a spouse on those who were between 60 and 74 as well as those between 75 and 84 during the period from 1996 to 1998. Of the group between 75 and 84, women who had husbands still living had a 2.02-fold greater risk of death than women who were unattached. On the other hand, men living with their wives had only a 0.46-fold greater risk of death than men who were widowed. Similar trends were found for the group between 60 and 74. "While the presence of the husband serves as a burden on the wife, husbands who lose their wives also lose the presence of someone who will help with their personal matters in day-to-day living, so the risk of death increases," Fujimoto said. "It is important for husbands to become more independent by helping out with housework." (IHT/Asahi: January 29,2007) |
That was the first conclusion I would have come to from the study results.
I'm choosing to take this as an extremely funny joke.
Almost a 200% risk of dying?? Gee, that's high! ;-)
That's a very sad headline.
When one marries, it should be for life.
New study shows life causes death in 100% of test subjects.
The strangest things come out of Japan.
Better headline:
*Elderly Women: Make Your Husbands Hire Home Health Care Workers, Maids, and Cooks*
Statistically, wouldn't drinking wine negate the fatalities caused by hubby?
What were you expecting?,especially considering that the story comes from a place that they now call Toontown.
If they leave their husband by, say 55, maybe they can decrease their chance of dying to only 50/50.
Whatdyah think?
i though the death rate was about one per person...
Just a fun headline grabber for the The Asahi Shimbun.
You are in the ballpark with that guesstimate.
Give or take a bit.
" i though the death rate was about one per person... "
Yet "Sheets" Byrd and Teddy Kennedy just seem to go on and on and on and on.....
Exceptions that "prove" the rule??
"But they seem to the live the longest"
True! They get the last laugh.
I think it is a little tongue in cheek Cindy.
But imagine the government getting such an idea - they would issue elderly single ladies with a husband.
Imagine the savings on pensions! :)
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