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Potential for death is a very limited way to measure dangerous occupations/activities.

• 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y ago
  This comment is supported by data. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5516a4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5516a4.htm > Floodwater contact with the nose, mouth, or eye was reported by 51% of firefighters (254 of 500) and 30% of police officers (258 of 864); 52% of police officers (473 of 910) and 63% of firefighters (330 of 524) reported rescuing citizens from flooded areas.
• fighterpilot 5y ago
  Not sure why you're downvoted. Chronic stress should be considered. Police have a much lower life expectancy than regular people. This could be either selection bias or the impact of chronic stress, and it has little to do with dying as an immediate proximate consequence of the occupation.
  • Disruptive_Dave 5y ago
    It's also just a very un-nuanced way to think about anything. It reminds me of a scene in the show Scrubs where one friend is discussing the difficulties of being a child of divorce. The other comments how he always found it interesting how children with divorced parents think they have the market cornered on issues/problems (paraphrasing here, obviously). Think about all the children who grew up with parents who should have divorced but didn't, thus extending the misery of living in that environment. Living every single moment with PTSD, physical pain, anxiety, and so on shouldn't be diminished because it isn't as romantic and easily captured as death is.
  • billosag 5y ago
    Many police officers are overweight, perhaps lack of exercise is causing this lower life expectancy.