Thousands Of People Are Dying -- From Working Long Hours, A New WHO Study Finds

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More than 745,000 people worldwide died in 2016 from overworking that resulted in stroke and heart disease, a new WHO study finds.

Thousands Of People Are Dying — From Working Long Hours, A New WHO Study Finds
The global study, which the WHO calls the first of its kind, found that more than 745,000 people died in 2016 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease.
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10:51 AM · May 17, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/997462169/thousands-of-people-are-dying-from-working-long-hours-a-new-who-study-finds

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.

People working 55 or more hours each week face an estimated 35% higher risk of a stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, compared to people following the widely accepted standard of working 35 to 40 hours in a week, the WHO says in a study that was published Monday in the journal Environment International.

"No job is worth the risk of stroke or heart disease," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, calling on governments, businesses and workers to find ways to protect workers' health.

The global study, which the WHO calls the first of its kind, found that in 2016, 488 million people were exposed to the risks of working long hours.

In all, more than 745,000 people died that year from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, according to the WHO.

"Between 2000 and 2016, the number of deaths from heart disease due to working long hours increased by 42%, and from stroke by 19%," the WHO said as it announced the study, which it conducted with the International Labour Organization.

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[moondust]

1. But think of the much bigger superyachts

a few executives will be able to buy in order to celebrate their huge portfolio gains thanks to those 745,000 working themselves to death! And the bigger support yachts...for their much bigger support yachts! Amazing!

Always look on the bright side!

[jimfields33]

2. They are the ones dying from working 55 plus hours a week

It in their DNA. Always the next negotiation, the next invention, the next improved marketing strategy. These CEOs don’t stop.

[rownesheck]

3. I'm not a CEO.

I'm a manager of a grocery store mandated to work 50 hours per week. But, in order to accomplish even the bare minimum of what the company expects, I end up working roughly 65 hours per week. I've often said I'm gonna die on the sales floor. And if I feel it coming on, I'm gonna make a giant spectacle of it because, fuck the company I work for.

[cinematicdiversions]

4. Top 10 Most Overworked Countries. Dying from overwork is real. (US is #10) Mexico #1

[Yorkie Mom]

5. Thanks for this video!

[Skittles]

6. I average between 50 and 55 hours weekly

and I sleep during the day