"you can see that people in some parts of the U.S. live as many as 33 years longer on average than people in other parts of the country, the researchers say"
In the UK there is a 24.2 year difference between the life expectancy for men in the Calton area of Glasgow and the national average. I think 33 years for the difference between longest and shortest expectancies in the US sounds about right.
Sad to say that the first thing I did when you mentioned an area of Glasgow was to to find a map of support for football teams in different Glasgow areas.
[NB I don't follow football, come from a part of Scotland that has no real sectarianism and I married to someone from an Irish Catholic background - but I've seen enough displays of horrible bigotry towards Catholics to know it can be a serious problem, although it's not nearly as bad as it was]
>Life expectancy on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is the lowest anywhere in the western hemisphere, except for Haiti. A recent study found the life expectancy for men to be 48 years, and for women it is 52 years. [0]
With average life expectancy in the United States being around 78-79 years the quoted 33 year range seems reasonable.
It's worth noting that there is "good" stress and "bad" stress, and there's some interesting research indicating that some types of stress managed well can actually be good for you:
Of course, this article is mostly about the "bad" flavors of stress that are entirely out of your control: if you're stressed because your kid has cancer and you don't have health insurance, there's not a whole lot of positive in that situation.
The article doesn't claim that a stressful job is the biggest responsible of differences in life expectancy, but simply that for the first time has been taken into account, together with more traditional factors.
The article claims a stressful job will shorten your life, but the data[1] shows that "high job demands" have almost no impact on longevity, and that "unemployment and layoffs, and a lack of health insurance were the factors that exerted the biggest influence"
I left one job recently to join a startup, the founder was an arse, hadn't payed us three weeks into the second month us so most of the dev team kicked up a stink and got fired. I am the most relaxed I have been in ages. My girlfriend commented that she noticed too. (I guess its different being in a situation where I don't expect it to take too much effort to find something new, compared to someone looking for low skilled work).
A stressful job to one person is a relaxed job to another person. It all depends on the individual's psychology. Perhaps other factors come into play such as how much savings they have, and if they really need the job financially.
Maybe not relaxing, but everyone can learn to cope with negative situations and roll with the punches.
Not that I excuse unprofessional managers (or peers), but at the end of the day the power they have to get under your skin is in large part a function of how much (tacit) permission you give them.
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In the UK there is a 24.2 year difference between the life expectancy for men in the Calton area of Glasgow and the national average. I think 33 years for the difference between longest and shortest expectancies in the US sounds about right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect
By way of explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarianism_in_Glasgow
[NB I don't follow football, come from a part of Scotland that has no real sectarianism and I married to someone from an Irish Catholic background - but I've seen enough displays of horrible bigotry towards Catholics to know it can be a serious problem, although it's not nearly as bad as it was]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/31/ikaria-greece-l...
With average life expectancy in the United States being around 78-79 years the quoted 33 year range seems reasonable.
[0] http://www.redcloudschool.org/reservation#.dpuf
https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...
Of course, this article is mostly about the "bad" flavors of stress that are entirely out of your control: if you're stressed because your kid has cancer and you don't have health insurance, there's not a whole lot of positive in that situation.
The article claims a stressful job will shorten your life, but the data[1] shows that "high job demands" have almost no impact on longevity, and that "unemployment and layoffs, and a lack of health insurance were the factors that exerted the biggest influence"
[1] https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://...
Not that I excuse unprofessional managers (or peers), but at the end of the day the power they have to get under your skin is in large part a function of how much (tacit) permission you give them.
Those without actual experience of driving a motorcycle, say, in Bihar wouldn't get the joke.