I got this in an email. All of the other facts seemed to be true but this one : Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. Why would that be?
2006-07-28 11:37:30 · 4 answers · asked by uluvme8807 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
there's a flesh-eating virus targeted for only left-handers
2006-07-28 11:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by Alfred Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The observation that the proportion of left-handers in populations decreases with age, diminishing from 13% in 20-year-olds to less than 1% in 80-year-olds, led to the suggestion that sinistrality may be associated with decreased life span. Reduced longevity in left-handers was also suggested by an archival study of records on 2,271 major-league baseball players (Halpern and Coren, 1988). In a questionnaire study of deceased persons identified through death certificates, Halpern and Coren (1991) found significantly more left-handers than right-handers among those who had died in accidents--a result consistent with earlier findings. Age of death in general was lower in left-handers and mixed-handers than in right-handers of either sex. Halpern and Coren (1991) stated that it is likely that the correlates of sinistrality, not sinistrality itself, are responsible for the increased risk; left-handedness may indicate covert neuropathologic features.
2006-07-28 18:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by Diana 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard that one before, but I would really doubt if there is any truth in it. I believe lifestyle, health all determine our life span and not what hand we write with.
2006-07-28 18:42:39 · answer #3 · answered by tiger lilly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt that is true. Especially if they have no data or explanation.
2006-07-28 18:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jacey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋