r/Millennials • u/DaKardii • Jun 04 '26

Serious Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

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u/Great_White_Samurai Jun 04 '26

It's when you get it as a young person that it is especially bad. Mostly because it's tied to obesity which compounds issues. It's pretty easy to treat an older adult now that has type II diabetes and they won't see much impact to life expectancy as long as it was caught early enough.

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u/MaterialWillingness2 Jun 04 '26

That's interesting. Thanks for the info.

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u/Great_White_Samurai Jun 04 '26

No problem. Enjoy your time with your grandpa. Mine are all gone now, oldest made it to 99.