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STROKE RISK IS HIGHER PAST FIFTY FIVE HOURS A WEEK
Long Working Hours Were Never Counted Globally
Two United Nations Agencies Published An Estimate In 2021
They Attributed 745,000 Deaths In 2016 To Long Hours
Stroke And Heart Disease Account For All Of Them
Fifty Five Hours A Week Was The Threshold Used
Exhaustion Is Not What The Study Measured
The Deaths Happen Long After The Hours Are Worked
This Part Covers What That Estimate Can Support
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THE FIRST GLOBAL COUNT 🌍
The World Health Organization Built The Estimate
So Did The International Labour Organization
It Appeared In Environment International In 2021
194 Countries Were Included
Surveys From 154 Countries Supplied The Exposure Data
Those Surveys Ran From 1970 To 2018
Thirty Seven Studies Covered Ischemic Heart Disease
Twenty Two Studies Covered Stroke
More Than 768,000 People Appear In The Heart Studies
Stroke Studies Included More Than 839,000
The Comparison Group Worked Thirty Five To Forty Hours
Fifty Five Hours Or More Was The Exposed Group
Stroke Risk Was Thirty Five Percent Higher
Dying Of Heart Disease Was Seventeen Percent Higher
Applying Those Figures Globally Produced The Death Count
The Total Came To 745,000 For 2016
Stroke Accounted For 398,000
Heart Disease Accounted For 347,000
The Combined Total Rose Twenty Nine Percent Since 2000
488 Million People Worked Those Hours In 2016
That Is The Population Exposed Rather Than Harmed
An Attributed Death Is A Statistical Estimate
No Death Certificate Anywhere Says Long Hours
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WHO THOSE DEATHS WERE 👷
The Estimated Deaths Are Not Spread Evenly
Men Accounted For Seventy Two Percent Of The Deaths
The Burden Is Concentrated In Two Regions
Those Are The Western Pacific And South East Asia
Middle Aged And Older Workers Made Up Most Cases
Most People Who Died Were Aged Sixty To Seventy Nine
Those Hours Were Worked Between Forty Five And Seventy Four
Years Often Separate The Exposure From The Outcome
The Estimate Counts Deaths Not Symptoms
These Figures Come From Observational Studies
Nobody Can Assign People To Fifty Five Hour Weeks
Long Hours Come With Other Differences
Shift Patterns Differ Between Long And Short Hour Workers
Income And Job Control Vary With Hours Too
The Authors Adjusted For What They Could Measure
Unmeasured Differences Remain Possible
These Are The Only Global Figures That Exist
The Association Has Held Across Separate Analyses
How Much Of It Is Causal Stays Open
Exhaustion Never Enters That Calculation
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THE LAWS THAT FOLLOWED 📵
Several Countries Legislated Around Contact Rather Than Hours
France Introduced A Right To Disconnect In 2017
Firms With Fifty Or More Staff Must Negotiate The Terms
Without An Agreement The Employer Writes The Rules
Portugal Passed Its Version In December 2021
It Took Effect At The Start Of 2022
Employers There Must Refrain From Contact Outside Hours
Rest Days And Holidays Are Covered As Well
Force Majeure Is The Written Exception
Australia Followed In August 2024
Employees May Refuse To Monitor Or Answer Contact
Unreasonable Refusal Is Where The Right Stops
Small Businesses Came Under It A Year Later
Each Law Regulates Availability Instead Of Workload
No Published Evaluation Shows These Laws Cut Exhaustion
They Are Too Recent For That Evidence To Exist
Enforcement Runs Through Negotiated Agreements In France
Portugal Places The Duty Directly On The Employer
Australia Routes Disputes Through The Fair Work Commission
What Changes Is Who May Contact Someone After Hours
