# Dwarf Life Expectancy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-life-expectancy/284170>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-life-expectancy/284170 "2005-01-11T04:53:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-life-expectancy/284170/1 "2005-01-11T04:53:37Z")

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Does an adult male who is 3ft tall have an average life expectancy?

What brought this up, **START**?

I was watching the latest episode of “The Surreal Life” and thought how it would suck to lose Mini-me because he is only about 35 years old, so hopefully he has atleast another 35 years left in him.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwarf-life-expectancy/284170/2 "2005-01-11T05:04:59Z")

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[Little people](http://www.lpaonline.org/lpa_intro.html) have pretty much normal life spans

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> Although some types of dwarfism may have associated medical complications, most short-statured individuals have a normal life span and normal intelligence. In fact, people with dwarfism have achieved the same range of career paths as average-size persons, including doctors, lawyers, ministers, teachers, welders, and artists.