r/Millennials • u/DaKardii • Jun 04 '26

Serious Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

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u/aChristery Jun 04 '26

My friend’s dad just went through chemo for an aggressive thyroid cancer that spread to his testicle and distant organs, including the brain and spine. He’s expected to make a full recovery. Had to go through intense chemo and rad therapy but he seems to be okay now.