Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-23 days agoWe’re all living longer, but Mediterraneans live longest in EU, says Eurostat www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkWe’re all living longer, but Mediterraneans live longest in EU, says Eurostat www.politico.euSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaresnuggledick@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoRelevant research that just won an ig nobel prize. tl;dr: they don’t live longer, they just don’t report their dead relatives and pocket the pensions. https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/maybe-its-the-mediterranean-diet-maybe-its-pension-fraud/110766
minus-squarealfredon996@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThis maybe a bit, but it’s hard to do, you have to hide the bodies of your deceased ones, it’s not so easy. Low natality plays a more important factor, it’s hard for people to die young, if there aren’t many young people anymore.
Relevant research that just won an ig nobel prize.
tl;dr: they don’t live longer, they just don’t report their dead relatives and pocket the pensions.
https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/maybe-its-the-mediterranean-diet-maybe-its-pension-fraud/110766
This maybe a bit, but it’s hard to do, you have to hide the bodies of your deceased ones, it’s not so easy.
Low natality plays a more important factor, it’s hard for people to die young, if there aren’t many young people anymore.