A Man of 60 Whose Wife Is Under 45 Runs

question 7

True/False

A man of 60 whose wife is under 45 runs only half the mortality risk of a 60- year- old with similar health and income, who is married to a woman of exactly his own age (Foster, Klinger- Vartabedian and Wispe, 1984).

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