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I'm curious what the approximate cost in life expectancy is from overwork and how it compares to heavy smoking (~10 years), but I was unable to estimate this fr
by myrmidon 5y ago
I'm curious what the approximate cost in life expectancy is from overwork and how it compares to heavy smoking (~10 years), but I was unable to estimate this from both the article and a quick glance at the study on its own.
Guesstimating from [Stroke risk DOI](https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30030-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30030-4), which quotes a global lifetime risk of almost 20% for ischaemic stroke, that 35% risk increase is A LOT.
So the total damage to life expectancy from overwork is probably less than heavy smoking, but not by much-- which is both very surprising and alarming to me.
Note: This is a very rough and unscientific estimate, but Fermi would be proud. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem)