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"Yikes! This week, the Village Voice shared findings from a new study that looked at the ages of death for singles and marrieds; the results are pretty interesting.And kind of iffy, if you ask me! According to a study, first covered by MSNBC, single people are more likely to die before their married counterparts. The University of Louisville research team behind the study looked at data from similar studies (which included information from 500 million individuals) and concluded that &amp;amp;#8220;risk of death was 32 percent higher across a lifetime for single men compared to married men. Single women face a 23 percent higher mortality risk, compared to married women.&amp;amp;#8221; As the Village Voice points out, this &amp;amp;#8220;risk of death&amp;amp;#8221; wording is kind of troublesome because everybody dies. Based on their findings, the researchers found that singles statistically died sooner than their married counterparts, with single men dying eight to 17 years sooner than married men. While single women passed on &amp;amp;#8220;seven to 15 years earlier than their married female counterparts.&amp;amp;#8221; So why are the married folks statistically living longer? Village Voice points to &amp;amp;#8220;lesser health benefits for single folks along with less earning potential, public assistance, and social support. And less nagging from another to eat healthily or behave yourself.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;amp;#8217;s an interesting study, sure. But when it comes down to it, marriage isn&amp;amp;#8217;t a guarantee to make you live longer or even make you happier. These sort of &amp;amp;#8220;risk of death&amp;amp;#8221; factors are different for every single person on the planet, whether they&amp;amp;#8217;re single or married. We can all cite married (and divorced and widowed) people who died well before their time, right? And quite a few single folks I know are far healthier than any of the married friends I have. What do you make of this study? Interesting? Surprising? Iffy? News you can use. * What Makes a Guy Romantic? And the Top 10 U.S. Cities to Find Romantic Men! * Got Rude Coworkers? They Might Be Ruining Your Relationship! * Will You See Maggie Gyllenhaal&amp;#x27;s New Movie About Vibrators? More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Stockbyte"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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