Suicide and heart attacks are top causes of deaths for unhappy s'poreans last year

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SUICIDE AND HEART ATTACKS ARE TOP CAUSES OF DEATHS FOR UNHAPPY S'POREANS LAST YEAR

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19 Dec 2014 - 11:03am








Most Singaporeans aged between 15 and 49-years-old die from suicide and heart attacks last year. Singaporean aged 70 and above died mostly from pneumonia.

For Singaporeans aged between 50 and 75-years-old, "lower respiratory infections were important causes of death for this age group, more so for men than for women."
Lower respiratory infections was also the second cause of years of life lost in Singapore.

The Lancet medical journal revealed this yesterday. It compared the causes of death and burden of disease in 188 countries from 1990 to last year.

It also said that lower respiratory infections are mostly caused by rotavirus for diarrhoea and pneumococcus.

The study did not discuss in greater detail the causes of deaths. However, several studies have shown Singaporeans to be one of the most unhappiest people on Earth. For some, the unhappiness could have led to the high suicide rates and heart attacks which could also be caused by the high levels of stress and the longest working hours in the world.

The study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and was led by Professor Christopher Murray of the University of Washington, together with hundreds of collaborators from around the world.

Global life expectancy increased from 65.3 years in 1990 to 71.5 years in 2013, the study also showed.

For some causes, death rates increased between 1990 and 2013. This included HIV/AIDS, pancreatic cancer, atrial fibrillation and flutter, drug use disorders, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and sickle-cell anaemias.

However, Prof Murray also said that collective action against diseases like HIV, diarrhoea, measles, tuberculosis, HIV and malaria has helped to reduce deaths greatly.







Most countries have also seen a general pattern of reductions in age-sex specific mortality and where the causes of death are shifting towards being from non-communicable disease and injuries.

Prof Murray also highlighted that some major chronic diseases, such as drug disorders, liver cirrhosis, diabetes and kidney disease, have been neglected and these have become increase threats to life.

In Singapore, deaths from chronic kidney disease and pancreatic cancer have tripled since 1990, up until last year.

Pneumonia deaths have also increased by 56 per cent.

But deaths from congenital problems and asthma have fallen, by 70 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively.

Men are also more likely to die from lung cancer than women, while for women, they are more likely to die from stroke than men.

953 men and 550 women died of lung cancer last year, while 1,449 wome and 1,044 men died from stroke.

The earlier and faster Stinkees die the better. Towards 10 million with my FT pets! *hee*hee*

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