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Show 0 y Dont believe all you hear about "job tension ami the "killing pace" of modern business, A recent government survey proves that the more successful you are, the better your chances for long life -- A A of us are worried nowadays by all that we .read about the risks of success. The more successful we become, weve been led to believe, the greater is the risk of dying before our time. The results of a new government study, therefore, come' as welcome news to anybody whos working hard at his job in an honest effort to get ahead. In effect, it the new study says, go ahead and be successful live will not only wont hurt you, it help you longer. Its true that modern business involves tensions and pressures our grandfathers didn't have. But the effects in terms of heart attacks, high blood pressure, ulcers and breakdowns have been greatly exaggerated. "Were suffering from a psychology, 6ays an industrial physician who has seen many men turn down promotions for fear of endangering their health. lot Oy GERALD WALKER Iwao M. Morivama, head of the Mortality Analysis section, and his assistant, Misg Lillian Guralnick. Called "Occupational and Social Class Differences in Mortality, the preliminary analysis w as published in 1956 by the Mibank Memorial Fund. Without explaining here the complicated mechanconcluics of how' they arrived at their sions (for this, see the accompanying the study definitely proved that the frequency with which death occurs grows much greater as one moves from the biggest moneymakers to the smallest. In fact, the contrast between the highest and lowest income groups is so extreme that a given number of manual laborers w ill Moriyama-Curalnic- t A . k Wivas thovkl (top worrying, tool The new evidence presented on these pages should permit a lot of men to relax and enjoy getting ahead. It should let a lot of worried wives relax, too. The source of this encouraging newi is a special report now being completed by the Natioiyd Office of Vital Statistics. Using census information, a task force of government researchers has spent seven years figuring out the differences in death rates between people on every income level. These figures demonstrate, I feel, that the people who earn the most money professional men, business executechnical senior tives, generally live personnel office small workers, saleslonger than proprietor, and d skilled workers, and laborers men, Details of this report have not yet been released. However, its findings were previewed in a earlier study by agency staff members. Dr. V t ' V i i show almost exactly twice as many annual deaths the same number of professional men. as top brass is healthier Other reports confirm this finding. A recent study of 1,171 executives and 1,203 office workers showed top brass to be had more high blood healthier; the pressure and more frequent heart attacks. The records of 19 insurance companies for the years show lower death rates for large polic) holders, usually very successful men, than for small. And a Du Pont medical survey screened the 209 cases out of the companys 90,000 employees TIm five-ye- lower-echelo- semi-skille- little-know- n 1934-195- 3 heart-attac- k v V THIS WKK J n U.I940 |
