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Are you more likely to die on your birthday ?

Started by Saru , Jun 11 2012 09:23 AM

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#1    Saru

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 09:23 AM

A Swiss study has revealed that you are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day.

News.com.au said:

Results extracted from a vast amount of data concluded that there were 13. 8 percent more deaths on birthdays when compared with any other day of the year. The risk increased with age, with the figure rising to 18 percent in people aged over 60.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 09:38 AM

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 09:41 AM

Well, I guess if one was very aged, ill, and suffering death could be viewed as a sort of 'birthday present' perhaps?
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:15 AM

I'm going to put my money on the cause of death being Partying.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:15 PM

View PostSkeptic Chicken, on 11 June 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

I'm going to put my money on the cause of death being Partying.

That was my thought as well.  Many people go out drinking or attend drinking parties on their birthday.  I used to.  Alcohol consumption greatly increases the likelyhood of car wrecks, fights, suicide, household accidents, etc.

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Authors of the study said stress played a significant part in birthday deaths, attributing fatalities to an "anniversary reaction" more commonly understood as the "birthday blues."

I personally knew two people who committed suicide on their birthdays.  I supposed they thought it a significant date suitable for a significant act.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:54 PM

I suppose people are less risk-averse on their birthdays, particularly under outside influence like friends and family.    An interesting statistic.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 01:21 PM

I've done my own research.

How many people do I know of who've died on their birthday?  None.

How many do my colleagues (5) know of?  None.

Hmm.

Party on!

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:17 PM

14% more likely to die on one's birthday? Big deal.
Bet it's higher on New Years eve.

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Posted 11 June 2012 - 03:25 PM

Well, not to sound like I disagree with the Swiss study, but I'm thinking and it seems that I only know, personally, of one person in my entire life that died on their birthday. I've known a number who died around the time of their birthday, like within a month or so.

Also, as sort of a hobby, I've done a lot of walking in old graveyards and cemeteries in my day and I can only remember a couple times seeing a date of birth and date of death on the same day. Years were different obviously, so I question the validity of the study in that it doesn't seem to jive with my life's observations.

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Posted 12 June 2012 - 02:19 AM

party too hard and u die :p

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 12:52 AM

Birthdays are tough enough when you get older. Sometimes it's too much excitement.

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 11:34 AM

Puts a whole new slant on "Happy Birthday to you!"
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 12:44 AM

well one tend to do really thrilling and life threatening things on their birthday.. like drunk driving and stuff :w00t:

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 01:23 AM

like it matters. you're dead

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Posted 17 June 2012 - 03:06 AM

Well thats gonna suck for my wife. We got married on my birthday so its our anniversary too.
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