Working Long Hours Linked to 745,000 Deaths a Year: WHO

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Working 55 hours or more a week was linked to 745,000 deaths from strokes and heart disease in 2016, a
. 
More than 70% of people who died were men, middle-aged and older, and from South East Asia or Western Pacific regions.
The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the trend towards working longer hours, the WHO said. 
Long working hours contributed to 745,000 deaths globally in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to a joint study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization.
Researchers took data from more than 2,300 surveys conducted between 1970 to 2018 to estimate the proportion of people exposed to long working hours in different countries, and combined this with meta analyses showing the relative risk of developing

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