The more violent the region, the shorter the life span can be. Photo: File
Abu Dhabi: Although people living in violent, war-torn and insecure areas are constantly exposed to danger and harm, scientific surveys now provide solid evidence that living in these areas can shorten life expectancy and create biological uncertainty.
New York University in Abu Dhabi and Oxford University have jointly conducted a long survey. The published research looks at how domestic unrest and violence affect health indicators and can shorten life.
Uncertain future, especially survival uncertainty affects human behavior and decision making. This makes a person careless about education, lifestyle and health, while in many places the birth of children is also prevented. Premature mortality can then be observed at the population level.
According to the report published in the journal Science Advances, 162 countries were evaluated from 2008 to 2017. Also, help is drawn from the Global Disease Database, and the Inner Peace Index. The most surprising thing was that the average age of people in the most war-torn areas turned out to be the lowest. That is, in countries with violence and unrest, the duration of premature death was 14 years less than in peaceful countries.
It was most pronounced in Palestine and other regions of the Middle East such as Iraq and Syria. Similarly, in Latin America, crimes, bombings and other negative effects also seemed to extinguish the lamp of life. However, the most affected were men who were either injured or died due to some reason. On the other hand, a significant association between preterm birth and wars was also revealed among women. However, more or less the same situation can happen in Occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
On the other hand, other effects of unrest include lack of education and employment, hopelessness, drug abuse, inadequate diet and PTSD. Other experts have described it as an extraordinary study that shows the importance of peace and tranquility and the connection between human life.
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