Chronic health issues for third in late 40s - study Published8 hours ago

[johnofgwent]

Yes.


It's terrible not having smallpox dyptheria cholera and war available as handy causes of death which was the case in the years prior to that survey kicking off....

[papasmurf]

I can't say this news surprises me at all. Somewhat of a mid-life crisis:-
More at link with embedded links:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57982476

Chronic health issues for third in late 40s - study
Published 8 hours ago
About one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests.

The 1970 British Cohort Study has been periodically tracking the lives of about 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week.

Nearly 8,000 of them were surveyed for the University College London work, published in journal BMC Public Health.

And 34% had two or more chronic health problems, such as high blood pressure and mental ill-health, at age 46-48.

The most commonly recorded health problems were:

high-risk drinking - 26%
recurrent back problems - 21%
mental-health problems - 19%
high blood pressure - 16%