>>67312the group that lives the longest, dying of a natural death, if they die of a natural death? what about those people that would have lived a lot longer if contemporary society wasnt pushing no-fault divorce. people that if you looked at their health status as compared to the lifelong single, before the marriage breakup and at an advanced age, they would be a lot better health. the damage and fallout from divorce undoubtedly shaves off decades and skews things.
statistics can be used to tell almost any story, lifelong singles living longer isnt a convincing one. a lifelong single is such an outlier that they're likely to be much more extreme variations, some very healthy, some very unhealthy.
being a lifelong single, that's going to affect your mental health that's going to make you anxious, neurotic, humans weren't meant for this, we werent meant to be alone like this. people respond to this differently, no small amount of fear involved either, thinking how you will be all on your own in late life. so you might become more health anxious, focus more on these little things you can control.
i would really like to have seen a data set that was pre 1960's. my educated guess is way fewer single people, and those that are single not living nearly as long. there is something on the horizon it has been there a long time, since the 00's i've been calling 2027. we will see something big happen, and it will very much change this data again.
think world wars, great depression, the stress and turmoil of these times, post-modernist fumbling, didn't affect all that data too?
what is at the heart of this question is does being single vs being in a healthy relationship, damage your health and lower life expectancy, all other things being equal? the answer is an unequivocal yes