Has there been any study that analyses the frequency of natural death of one shortly after death of his/her partner. How different is that compared to what one would expect assuming statistical independence and based image and health adjusted mortality curves.

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klaussilveira 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowhood_effect

	▲	srean 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks.

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rustyhancock 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does it say what happened?

Died of sadness did make me wonder about something self inflicted.

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MattGrommes an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That's always a possibility but I've seen my Grandpa die of a broken heart after my Grandma died. The night of her funeral he asked his children if they thought someone could die of a broken heart and after that it took him less than a year to go himself. I'd never considered that saying to be true until then but I watched it happen.

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gedy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, I also took it to be a tactful-as-possible way to say that.

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srean 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Same here but was curious about stats of broken heart syndrome anyhow.

	▲	agumonkey 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm curious about it too.

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ksajadi 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In a previous life I used to model insurance payouts for residential mortgages. The average we used was within 7 years.

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croisillon 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

you don't even have to be partners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau#Death