The Lancet.The researchers analyzed social and stressful adversity in childhood among one million Danish children. Social adversity was defined as financial poverty or long-term unemployment in the family, while stressful adversity included situations such as the death of a parent, divorce or alcohol/drug abuse among the parents.“We divided the children into five groups depending on the degree of adversity experienced in childhood.
The more stressful experiences they have experienced during childhood, the higher the mortality rate in early adulthood. For the most vulnerable children, the mortality rate is, surprisingly, 4.5 times higher,” said Professor Naja Hulvej Rod from the Department of Public Health.The higher mortality rate primarily.
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