And even if lifestyle factors account for a big part of the difference, it sounds like you believe there’s still some difference, and it seems like any difference would be relevant to someone seeking to maximize their longevity.
Cancer and heart disease kill most people but kill mainly old people, so their impact on life expectancy is less significant per death than suicide or unintended injuries.
I don’t have stats but the link you give seems to be supporting my point : suicide and unintentional injuries amount to 10% of males death and at most 5% of female deaths. Quick back of the envelope calculation : assuming average age of death by suicide/accident for males is 30, while “all other causes” average age of death is 80, you’d get a life expectation of $0.9\times 80 + 0.1\times 30= 75$ for males and $0,95\times 80+0,05\times 30=77,5$ for females. You can play around with the number a bit, but the crux is that younger deaths weight a lot in the average and men tends to die a lot more at a young age due to suicide and riskier activities.
I’m totally not going to look for the relevant stats because I have papers to grade, but my prior is also that men are also more susceptible to heart diseases/cancers in part due to lifestyle choices (ie, eating more meat, smoking, drinking...).
I think lifestyle factors account for most of the difference, and that even if it not all the difference, the health risk associated with sex transition should outweigh any potential gains (I’m also very skeptical that hormone treatment+surgery could really help since they would not affect your basic genetic profile).
(note that this discussion is only valid in the framework of longevity—I’m not discussing the short term potential benefits of transitioning in term of mental health).
Stats like https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2017/all-races-origins/index.htm vs https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2017/all-races-origins/index.htm lead me to believe that heart disease and cancer are more significant killers than risky activities or suicide. Could you share where you’ve found stats broken down by activity riskiness, suicide rate, and lifestyle healthiness?
And even if lifestyle factors account for a big part of the difference, it sounds like you believe there’s still some difference, and it seems like any difference would be relevant to someone seeking to maximize their longevity.
Cancer and heart disease kill most people but kill mainly old people, so their impact on life expectancy is less significant per death than suicide or unintended injuries.
I don’t have stats but the link you give seems to be supporting my point : suicide and unintentional injuries amount to 10% of males death and at most 5% of female deaths.
Quick back of the envelope calculation : assuming average age of death by suicide/accident for males is 30, while “all other causes” average age of death is 80, you’d get a life expectation of $0.9\times 80 + 0.1\times 30= 75$ for males and $0,95\times 80+0,05\times 30=77,5$ for females.
You can play around with the number a bit, but the crux is that younger deaths weight a lot in the average and men tends to die a lot more at a young age due to suicide and riskier activities.
I’m totally not going to look for the relevant stats because I have papers to grade, but my prior is also that men are also more susceptible to heart diseases/cancers in part due to lifestyle choices (ie, eating more meat, smoking, drinking...).
I think lifestyle factors account for most of the difference, and that even if it not all the difference, the health risk associated with sex transition should outweigh any potential gains (I’m also very skeptical that hormone treatment+surgery could really help since they would not affect your basic genetic profile).
(note that this discussion is only valid in the framework of longevity—I’m not discussing the short term potential benefits of transitioning in term of mental health).