They say that the only two things in life are guaranteed: death and taxes. And you can at least cheat on your taxes for a while if you try. But this death thing has managed to catch up with everyone. If it were as simple as being alive one day and dead the next, maybe it would be less stressful and less anxiety-inducing, but it’s not. When you start to get into it, you see that there are so many ways to die, so many contributing factors, and so many unexpected and unpleasant mortality statistics that it can make you want to just hide indoors for the rest of your life.
10. Brazilian Butt Lift - The Deadliest Cosmetic Surgery Procedure
We admit, some things in life are more dangerous than others. Trying to pet a tiger is more dangerous than trying to pet a house cat. You’re at greater risk after open-heart surgery than after a bunionectomy. But there are some truly staggering statistics when it comes to one unlikely procedure you may not know about. The Brazilian butt is the deadliest plastic surgery.
The procedure, which is designed to make your butt look rounder, firmer and fuller by injecting fat from areas of your body where it's not wanted into your butt, has the highest mortality rate of any cosmetic procedure, at about one in 3,000.
The procedure can cost up to $15,000. More than 40,000 buttock surgeries were performed in 2020 alone, despite the risks. In the UK, surgeons have been advised not to perform the procedure at all, although it is not banned.
In a survey, three percent of doctors said they had a patient who died from the procedure. Most deaths can be attributed to pulmonary fat embolism, when fat gets into the lung system. Some are not fatal, but others are not so lucky.
9. The mortality rate from Munchausen by proxy ranges from 9% to 10%.
Factitious disorder imposed on another is the current name for a condition better known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy. It is a mental disorder in which a caregiver pretends that the person they are caring for has an illness that they do not actually have. The condition often seems to be a way for the caregiver to gain attention and sympathy, perhaps to be seen as brave or strong for trying to help someone else overcome their illness, when in fact they are the cause of that illness. It can be as simple as gaslighting the supposed patient, especially if they are a child, by convincing them that they are ill, but can often also go as far as the caregiver harming the victim in some way by medicating or even poisoning them to match the symptoms.
Since the entire syndrome is based on a fake illness, it seems like the victim may not be in much danger, but the opposite is true. Potential caregivers often go to great lengths to get the victim to conform to their false narrative, to the point that the fatality rate for the condition is around 9%.
8. Catch and release fishing mortality is about 18%, but up to 40%.
It's not just the human mortality rates that can be depressing. Our poor fish friends in rivers, lakes, and streams across the country, who we thought benefited from catch-and-release practices, aren't doing as well as you might think.
The idea of catch and release fishing seems noble enough. You catch a fish, unhook it, and release it again to enjoy the fishing experience, and the fish lives another day. Unfortunately, according to various studies, fish mortality rates range from 18% to 40% .
A number of factors play a role in what can cause a fish to die even after it is released, with the hook placement at the time the fish is caught playing the biggest role, but it is safe to say that not all of them swim away. and tell a story to a friend.
7. The mortality rate of professional wrestlers is much higher than that of the general population.
If you’re a longtime fan of professional wrestling, you’ve no doubt watched a few of your favorites from the past die young. It’s no secret in the industry that wrestlers die young. Many succumb to addiction or health issues related to past drug use. But there are also a number of accidents or other violent deaths. After all, it’s rare for a professional wrestler to live to a ripe old age.
Mortality among wrestlers aged 45 to 54 is almost three times higher than the general population. As for cardiovascular deaths, mortality among wrestlers is 15.1 times higher than the general population. Mortality from cancer among wrestlers is 6.4 times higher. And mortality from drug overdose is astronomically higher: 122.7 times higher than the general population.
As noted, some of this can be attributed to the lifestyle of professional wrestlers, especially in the past. In the 1980s, many wrestlers were well-known and admitted to using cocaine, steroids, and other drugs. And since, unlike most sports, wrestling does not have an off-season, these athletes trained their bodies nonstop for years.
6. People who read have a lower mortality rate by 20%.
Good news for those of you who enjoy a good book: You are statistically more likely to have extra time to read these books than those who don't. People who read have a lower mortality rate than those who don't.
Specifically, you need to read books to get statistically significant benefits from reading; magazines or newspapers won't do the trick. The reason suggested is that a book engages your mind in a way that magazines and newspapers don't, leading to greater mental alertness and a measurable benefit to your overall lifespan.
5. The Ford Fiesta has the highest fatality rate of any car
Have you ever heard that red cars have higher insurance rates because they are more likely to be stolen? It’s true that certain types of cars pose unique risks to car owners, but if you really want to understand which car is the best or worst to drive, you might want to seriously consider some vehicles like the Ford Fiesta.
Data from 2017 showed that the Fiesta was the deadliest car on the road, with a fatality rate of 141 per 1 million registered vehicles. Compare that to something like a Chevy Corvette with 54 or a Porsche Cayenne with 0.
Luxury SUVs actually have the lowest fatality rates overall, while small cars were found to be the least safe.
4. Human mortality increases in areas where trees die
Some things in life are inextricably linked. If there were no bees, for example, flowers would suffer from a lack of pollinators. So what happens when trees start to die? People die too.
Studies have shown that as the emerald ash borer decimated tree populations, there was a marked increase in illness among people. Heart disease and pneumonia increased. As a result, 100 million trees died over a 10-year period. In states where trees died, 15,000 more people died from heart disease and 6,000 more from respiratory disease compared to areas where trees were not infected.
The data covered 1,296 different counties and tried to control for other variables. In the end, it became clear that the fewer trees, the higher the mortality.
3. Too much (or too intense) exercise may increase mortality rates
Of course, if you want to live longer, the key to success is to live a healthy lifestyle that includes lots of exercise. Well, yes and no to that. There is plenty of evidence that an active lifestyle is good for you, but there is also the saying, “everything in moderation.”
The World Health Organization recommends 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity each week. And no, most people don’t get that much at all. But there is some limited evidence now that too much exercise at too high an intensity can start to have the opposite effect than you want. That’s because of a study of runners in which a couple of participants died after they exercised very vigorously.
Other studies have also shown that you may be at risk for heart disease if you frequently engage in serious endurance exercise, such as marathons. All of these findings are still being debated, but there is also limited evidence that you get any benefit from taking your training to the extreme, so somewhere in the middle is probably safest.
2. Taller people have higher mortality rates
Some traits are considered more desirable in modern Western society than others. Many of these traits are physical, and we can only control them on an individual basis. For example, there’s not much you can do if you want to be tall but aren’t. Still, it’s hard to deny that many people find being tall desirable and attractive. So, good news for people with vertical disabilities: There’s evidence that being tall isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Taller people tend to have higher mortality rates.
In one study, every four inches of height increased the risk of all cancers in postmenopausal women by 13%. For men, every additional inch of height resulted in a 2.2% increase in the likelihood of dying from virtually any cause, compared to shorter people.
1. Robert Liston performed surgery with a fatality rate of 300%.
We've also touched on some of the dangers of surgery, but even among the most deadly operations, the mortality rate is often a number that makes sense, at least mathematically. But there is at least one case where that didn't happen, and one operation managed to end with a 300% mortality rate. If you do the math, that means one person had the operation, and three died as a result.
You have to take some liberties with this story, but it was well enough documented to withstand some criticism. To begin with, the procedure was performed by Dr. Robert Liston, a surgeon in the early 1800s, before anesthesia was invented.
Liston was apparently quite competent, but most importantly for the time, he was fast. If the operation had to be done without anesthesia, you can imagine why speed would be so important. And for this operation, Liston had to amputate. He achieved this goal, removing the patient's leg in just two and a half minutes. We know the time because Liston, apparently a little arrogant about his own skill, asked to be timed.
In two and a half minutes, Liston put three men to death. His first victim was a supervising physician who was present during the procedure. As Liston sawed off a patient's leg at the thigh, he switched from one cutting instrument to another. In his haste, he cut the supervising physician's coat, and although he never cut the man, the guy was apparently stunned by the sight of the blood spurting out and the feeling of his coat being pulled as Liston ripped it. He died of a heart attack.
Meanwhile, Liston needed the patient to be tied up for obvious reasons, so an assistant had to hold the poor guy down. Liston cut off the assistant's fingers while removing the patient's legs.
Both the surgeon's assistant and the patient developed gangrenous infections and died soon after, making Liston the only doctor ever to kill three people in a single operation.
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