# Left handed longevity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-longevity/80799>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-longevity/80799 "2001-09-11T02:17:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-longevity/80799/1 "2001-09-11T02:17:18Z")

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Is it true that percentage wise fewer leftees survive to old age compared to rightees? If this is true, what would be some of the reasons?

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-longevity/80799/2 "2001-09-11T02:25:06Z")

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The Master speaks: [Do Left-Handers Die Young?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_092.html)