Comments on: Go to prison, live longer http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html/comment-page-1#comment-71119 Anonymous Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html#comment-71119 I am writting an aritcle on this subject for my school newspaper, and it is really hard to find out why inmates live longer! can you tell me why? I am writting an aritcle on this subject for my school newspaper, and it is really hard to find out why inmates live longer! can you tell me why?

]]> By: Deoxy http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html/comment-page-1#comment-70749 Deoxy Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html#comment-70749 This doesn't QUITE say what it claims to.<br/><br/>There would need to be a much better breakdown on ages before it did.<br/><br/>For instance, if the average ag in prison is 20 and th average age of the population is 30, then well, duh, the prison population "18-64" will be dying less than the non-prison population "18-64". That's a HUGE range.<br/><br/>What would be MUCH more useful would be the average age of death in prison versus out of prison. This doesn’t QUITE say what it claims to.

There would need to be a much better breakdown on ages before it did.

For instance, if the average ag in prison is 20 and th average age of the population is 30, then well, duh, the prison population “18-64″ will be dying less than the non-prison population “18-64″. That’s a HUGE range.

What would be MUCH more useful would be the average age of death in prison versus out of prison.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html/comment-page-1#comment-70717 Anonymous Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/go-to-prison-live-longer.html#comment-70717 Big surprise! Subtract crack cocaine and other drugs, alcohol, and violent crime - which is rampant in the inner city - and you get longer African American lifespans. Not to say none of this occurs in prison but at much much lower rates. Additonally, you also have a captive audience when it comes to healthcare screening for HTN, diabetes, etc. I am sure the compliance rates in prison are better for meds etc. Big surprise! Subtract crack cocaine and other drugs, alcohol, and violent crime – which is rampant in the inner city – and you get longer African American lifespans. Not to say none of this occurs in prison but at much much lower rates. Additonally, you also have a captive audience when it comes to healthcare screening for HTN, diabetes, etc. I am sure the compliance rates in prison are better for meds etc.

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