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Young wives make men live longer

Michael Leidig

Men who marry younger women are more likely to live longer according to the biggest ever official study of population statistics.  

The analysis - by leading study group the Max Planck Institute- also revealed that men who marry older women are 11 per cent more likely to die early. 

Scientists say the figures may be the result of natural selection that mean only the healthiest, most successful older men are able to attract younger mates.

"Another theory is that a younger woman will care for a man better and therefore he will live longer," said spokesman Sven Drefahl, at the institute's headquarters in Rostock, Germany.

But women who marry partners who are either younger or older than them increase their own chances of dying early by 15 per cent.

The study examined all deaths between 1990 and 2005 for the entire population of Denmark.

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