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Death rates of medical school class presidents

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  • Redelmeier, Donald A
  • Kwong, Jeffrey C

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Medical professionals often face many competing demands to contribute both to the clinical care of patients and to the public health of society. We studied the long-term survival of doctors graduating from one medical school over one century (n=1521), comparing those who were presidents of their class to those who appeared alphabetically before or alphabetically after the president in the graduating class photograph. Statistics on long-term mortality were obtained from licensing authorities, medical obituaries, professional associations, alumni records, and national physician directories (follow-up 94% complete, median follow-up duration=38 years, total deaths=220). We found that most graduates were male (88%), white (93%), and younger than 30 years at time of graduation (93%). Presidents more frequently made contributions to society than their classmates, as recognized by professional alumni notices (21.9% vs. 13.3%, P

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  • Redelmeier, Donald A & Kwong, Jeffrey C, 2004. "Death rates of medical school class presidents," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 58(12), pages 2537-2543, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:58:y:2004:i:12:p:2537-2543
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