November 20, 2012
You Are Most Likely to Die at 11 a.m. Particularly when you’re older, you are 14 percent more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year. Particularly when you live in certain geographical areas, you are 13 percent more likely to die after getting a paycheck. And particularly when you’re human, you are more likely to die in the late morning — around 11 a.m., specifically — than at any other time during the day. Yes. That last one comes from a new study, published in the Annals of Neurology, that identifies a common gene variant affecting circadian rhythms. And that variant, it seems, could also predict the time of day you will die.  Even death, apparently, has a circadian rhythm.  Read more. [Image: Shutterstock/Allies Interactive Services Pvt. Ltd.]

You Are Most Likely to Die at 11 a.m.

Particularly when you’re older, you are 14 percent more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year. Particularly when you live in certain geographical areas, you are 13 percent more likely to die after getting a paycheck. And particularly when you’re human, you are more likely to die in the late morning — around 11 a.m., specifically — than at any other time during the day.

Yes. That last one comes from a new study, published in the Annals of Neurology, that identifies a common gene variant affecting circadian rhythms. And that variant, it seems, could also predict the time of day you will die. 

Even death, apparently, has a circadian rhythm. 

Read more. [Image: Shutterstock/Allies Interactive Services Pvt. Ltd.]

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Filed under: Dealth Health Medicine Science 
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