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A comment on Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (2016) [pdf].

Re:Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (... by WalterBright on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:21PM (#20789788)
"Death was strongly associated with substance abuse, risk-taking, and the experience of childhood adversity."

"These additional accidents are most likely related to higher rates of alcohol abuse [...]"

Not exactly groundbreaking research.

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Re:Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (... by drongoking on Saturday August 24, 2019 @06:24PM (#20790097)
In sociology many results are obvious. You just don't know which ones until you do the study.
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Re:Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (... by WalterBright on Saturday August 24, 2019 @08:00PM (#20790483)
Risk taking leads to higher death rates? Isn't that the very definition of taking a risk?
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Re:Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (... by sverige on Saturday August 24, 2019 @06:18PM (#20790078)
The groundbreaking research topic might be why the artistic output of people with this sort of background becomes the basis of popular culture.
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