What can you do to live longer?

1. Don't be born poor – Men in the top 1% of income distribution live 14.6 years longer than those in the bottom 1%.
   Source: JAMA, 2016: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2513561
2. Don't smoke or be around smokers – Quitting smoking can add up to 10 years to life expectancy.
   Source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2013: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1308383
3. Don't do hard drugs – Opioid users have a 10-fold increased risk of premature death.
   Source: JAMA Psychiatry, 2015: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2089724
4. Don't ride a motorcycle, go hang-gliding, fly in helicopters, or in propeller planes – Motorcycle fatality rates are 29 times higher than car occupant fatality rates per vehicle mile traveled.
   Source: NHTSA, 2019: crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812936
5. Maintain an active social life with close friendships – Strong social relationships are associated with a 50% increased likelihood of survival.
   Source: PLoS Medicine, 2010: journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316
6. Exercise 30 minutes a day – Regular physical activity reduces the risk of premature death by 20-30%.
   Source: WHO: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity
7. Don't become obese – Obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to 10 years.
   Source: The Lancet, 2009: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60318-4/fulltext
8. Don't eat processed foods or consume too much sugar or alcohol – Specific metrics vary, but a diet high in ultra-processed foods is associated with a 62% increased hazard for all-cause mortality.
   Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019: academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/109/5/1462/5449730
9. Limit red meat consumption – High red meat consumption (more than 160g/day) is associated with a 21% increased risk of all-cause mortality.
   Source: BMJ, 2017: www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1957
10. Reduce stress – Chronic stress can shorten life expectancy by 2.8 years.
    Source: BMJ Open, 2020: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/8/e038720
11. Get good sleep – Sleeping less than 6 hours a night increases the risk of premature death by 12%.
    Source: Sleep Medicine, 2011: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389945711000669
12. Get your depression treated – Major depressive disorder is associated with a 71% higher risk of premature mortality.
    Source: CMAJ, 2017: www.cmaj.ca/content/189/42/E1304
13. Don't keep a loaded gun in the house – Access to firearms is associated with a 3-fold increase in the odds of death by suicide.
    Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2014: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M13-1301
14. Don't become a logger, commercial fisherman, or roofer – Logging workers have a fatality rate 33 times higher than the average worker.
    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019: www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
15. Get out of an active conflict zone – Specific metrics vary widely by conflict, but living in a war zone significantly increases mortality risk.
    Source: WHO: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/injuries-and-violence
16. Floss your teeth – Regular flossing is associated with a 1-3 year increase in life expectancy, though causation is debated.
    Source: Journal of Aging Research, 2016: www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2016/8680569/

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