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Left-handed people have a shorter life expectancy than right-handed people.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that left-handed people have a shorter life expectancy than right-handed people?

Partly. One textbook snippet asserts that left-handed persons have a shorter life expectancy than right-handed persons, while a skeptics discussion notes the apparent pattern but flags a historical-bias confound that could explain it without any mortality difference. Neither item supplies the underlying data, so the claim is only partially addressed on both sides.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
Fact, Value, Policy
1994
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Fairbanks, A. H. (1994). Fact, Value, Policy. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=YPfiHp5MsrEC&dq=Left-handed+people+have+a+shorter+life+expectancy+than+right-handed+people.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

Evidence against · 1
Are left-handed people more likely to die younger than right-handed people?
2011
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Are left-handed people more likely to die younger than right-handed people?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6584/are-left-handed-people-more-likely-to-die-younger-than-right-handed-people

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