Why life span of cardiologists is so short?

[Jogeshwar]

Cardiologists lived to the age of 73.4 (±13) years. This was a shorter lifespan than dermatologists (76.5 ±13 years) but longer than gastroenterologists (70 ±16 years).
http://bjcardio.co.uk/2009/11/lifespan-and-cardiology/
The British Journal of Cardiology,November 2009,Volume16,issue6,299-302

[Jogeshwar]

""I have no idea what your asking for?"


LOL. Yet you are only interested person in this thread, neither Asian doctors nor Indian doctors nor the cardiologists.

Perhaps for them fate is predetermined and nothing can be done and no body can sow something other than what is predetermined. LOL again.

[ed34]

I have no idea what your asking for? the answer is "you get what you reap" ? If asian Docs choose to ruin their bodies, that's up to them surely. We all get one life and a choice how to use it.

[Jogeshwar]

This is already clear in the 4th reply:-
"The majority of obituaries were of male doctors. Doctors who qualified in the developed world appeared to live longer (mean age at death of 78 years) than those who qualified in Asia (mean age at death of 70 years)."
http://bjcardio.co.uk/2009/11/lifespan-and-cardiology/ "

[ed34]

Indian Doctors in the UK are on average overweight and carry a high stress level. English Doctors on the other hand seem to be lean and fitter on average. I can't help but wonder if lifestyle is their choice and they suffer the consequences. If they drum it into patients to exercise, eat healthily, give up smoking etc, and they do the opposite, what do they expect?

[Jogeshwar]

1.Are here NO members from Indian medical Association?
2.Are here NO doctors from India?
3.If there are then what are the follow up  actions after the  Social Security Scheme(SSS) study  from which the above information has emanated?
4.What made  the 16500+ sampled doctor in the above study  to lack humane proclivities for themselves even?
5. To what extent the findings of the study  can be generalized?

[Jogeshwar]

Doctors have shorter lifespan than patients’
Monday, 1 February 2010 - 1:12am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna
• Nozia Sayyed

An observation by the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Pune chapter says that an Indian doctor’s average lifespan is 55-59 years, almost 10 years lesser than that of the general population.
The men and women who help us stay fit and live longer are themselves succumbing to stress, sedentary lifestyles and dying of cardiac arrests.
An observation by the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Pune chapter says that an Indian doctor’s average lifespan is 55-59 years, almost 10 years lesser than that of the general population.
It was based on the analysis of the association’s social security scheme (SSS) with 5,500 doctors from Maharashtra and over 11,000 from across the country registered.
IMA Pune chapter’s president Dr Dilip Sarda told DNA that their data of the last five years indicated that doctors’ lifespan was pointing to an alarming trend. “An average Indian lives up to 69-72 years   whereas a doctor lives only up to 55 to 59 years which is shocking. It was noticed that most early deaths were due to cardiac arrest,” he said.
According to Dr Sarda, every year, 12 to 15 doctors in Maharashtra and around 30 doctors across the country lose their lives in this age-group. Stress, sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise were the causes of early death, he said.
“They are becoming obese, stressed, hypertensive, diabetic or are undergoing angioplasty which reduces their chances of living longer and staying fit,” he said.
Dr Sarda said the doctors themselves were responsible for their poor lifestyle, lack of exercise, stressful careers and an improper diet regime.
This was taking a toll of their health which has affected life
expectancy to a great extent, the doctor said.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-doctors-have-shorter-lifespan-than-patients-1342769

[ed34]

depends what you are comparing them to. I am not a cardiologist, but if it wasn't for cardiologists, I would have died at the age of 46.

[Jogeshwar]

Thus, life span of cardiologists/doctors is so short.

[ed34]

6 year old information, and things have progressed much since then. They did research on chimps in captivity because they are genetically close to us. In zoo enclosures which suited their needs, such as layout and space, none of the chimps tested showed signs of heart disease. In zoo enclosures where space was too small, or the layout was not suitable, most chimps showed heart disease due to the stress of not being able to function properly as a society. Chimps in all zoos were on good diets and had regular checkups by a vet. So stress does have an impact, but stress has so many causes. I believe personally that around 99% of people in developed countries are stressed, they just don't know it because it has become the norm. Even natural gene adaptation is never going to sort this out because the disease has its impact after breeding. Looks like it's a disease that Man will have to resolve for himself.

[Jogeshwar]

Newswise — Age may be more related to reactions to stress and the absence of disease rather than to a person's chronological age, say leading researchers in the fields of neurobiology and psychoneuroendocrinology. And healthy aging is a good bet if stress can be moderated along with adopting an active, healthy lifestyle. This finding will be presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA).
http://stress.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=stress&cdn=health&tm=73&f=11&tt=3&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.newswise.com/articles/view/522408/%3Fsc%3Ddwhn

[ed34]

I'm not sure how this is relevant to the lifespan of a cardiologist?

[Jogeshwar]

Ailments incapacitate partially and death incapacitates completely.

[Jogeshwar]

Seem too stressed.

Fear of death is always stressful and nearer the perception of death the greater is the experience of stress.

[ed34]

You could contribute stress as a factor I suppose. Someone with a skin rash is hardly going to stress you out, compared to a patient whose heart has stopped.

[Jogeshwar]

Some members of general public cross 100 and become centenarians but for doctors such probability is emphatic 0.
"In total, 3,342 obituaries reported in the BMJ from January 1997 to December 2004 were reviewed.

The majority of obituaries were of male doctors. Doctors who qualified in the developed world appeared to live longer (mean age at death of 78 years) than those who qualified in Asia (mean age at death of 70 years)."
http://bjcardio.co.uk/2009/11/lifespan-and-cardiology/

[Flycaster305]

I'm 71 years old, I wonder what the lifespan of HVAC engineers who also owned a commerical fishing boat have for a life span estimate? I suspect the commercial fishing experience would shorten my life span.

I'm still standing...

[erijon]

Seems pretty consistent to me with the general public, just sayin......

[ed34]

Hang on, so cardiologists live between 60 and 86 years
Dermatologists live between 63 and 89 years
and gastro's live between 54 and 86 years.

Is there really that much difference?