Study: Single people die sooner than married couples
Is this reason enough to get married?!
Single people are likely to die sooner than married, widowed or divorced people. That’s according to Statistics SA’s latest report on “Mortality and Causes of Death”.
The main reason for single people dying sooner was due to their lifestyle differences.
“What is clear is that...men who are not married are more exposed to death than those that are married. The death rate of single men is very high because you go out‚ go drink and come back and there is no one to ask you questions...then you get into accidents and all those kind of things,” Statistician-General Pali Lehohla told Times Live.
The research was consistent with findings in a 2014 report, the publication reports.
The latest statistics, released on Tuesday, revealed that 214‚864 (46‚7%) out of 460‚236 total deaths recorded in 2015 were those of single people compared to 112‚522 (24‚4%) married‚ 48‚984 (10‚6%) widowed and 9‚325 (2‚0) divorced.
The main reason for single people dying sooner was due to their lifestyle differences.
“What is clear is that...men who are not married are more exposed to death than those that are married. The death rate of single men is very high because you go out‚ go drink and come back and there is no one to ask you questions...then you get into accidents and all those kind of things,” Statistician-General Pali Lehohla told Times Live.
The research was consistent with findings in a 2014 report, the publication reports.
The latest statistics, released on Tuesday, revealed that 214‚864 (46‚7%) out of 460‚236 total deaths recorded in 2015 were those of single people compared to 112‚522 (24‚4%) married‚ 48‚984 (10‚6%) widowed and 9‚325 (2‚0) divorced.