Build study, 1979
1980
Abstract: A national survey and evaluation of US and Canada mortality data among insured lives presents extensive tabular data on body weight and height, obesity, and causes of death, by age. The survey covered mortality incidence on almost 4.2 million policies for men and women of ages 15-69 between 1954-1972. The survey indicated that men were heavier than in the previous study (covering 1935-1954), while women were heavier below age 30 but weighed less after age 30. Mortality among overweight people was somewhat lower than in the previous study, but tall men 35% overweight had a slightly higher mortality. Mortality among underweight people was higher in the present study. Mortality among overweight men due to heart and circulatory diseases, coronary artery and hypertensive heart disease, diabetes, and digestive and neural disease was higher than among average weight men. Excess female mortality occured from heart and circulatory diseases in overweight women, with women 50% overweight having higher cancer risk. (wz).
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Editorial Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America | [Chicago] : Society of Actuaries ; [Philadelphia] : Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America, 1980
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