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This reason is my favorite:
- Possible errors in death registration records, though this is unlikely to account for the full effect
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Skydiving isn’t on the list?
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Also NOT wonderful.
On an anecdotal note, my birthday was last Saturday.
Guess I will have to wait until after I’m in my 60’s to see if I really am defying “the odds.”
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It’s all the surprise birthday parties and heart conditions I think
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That reminds me of an old Sidney Harris cartoon where a scientist is interviewing a hillbilly who says “Probably the source of our long lives up here in the mountains is the clean air, clean water, and the inability to count correctly”.
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Relevant:
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