“Looking closer at the chart, being gay increases your risk by a factor of 12, over being a needle using junkie.”
Even eliminating AIDS from the picture, a male who has sex with a male has, on average, a 24 year shorter lifespan than a comparable other male.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811137/posts
A smoker, for comparison, shortens his life by 7.
Even though they are much richer?
Interesting. Won’t see that on the evening news.