Я попытался нагуглить - вот что пишут сами мормоны про свою статистику смертности. Здесь LDS - сокращение для мормонов (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Vital_Statistics MORTALITY. The LDS code of health, known as the Word of Wisdom, prohibits the use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee, and tea. Conformity to this code should reduce death rates. Utah death rates are below rates in the nation at large and in the mountain states for most major causes of death, including heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, pulmonary disease, pneumonia/flu, diabetes, liver disease, and atherosclerosis. Utah suicide rates are higher than the national average, but lower than in the mountain states as a whole (Smith). Unfortunately, the accuracy of such reports of death are difficult to verify. Deaths of nonparticipating members can go unrecorded on Church records for years, thus creating imprecise estimates of respective death rates.
Studies of specific LDS populations in California (Enstrom), Utah (Gardner and Lyon; Lyon, Gardner, and West), and Alberta, Canada (Jarvis) show that LDS men are about half as likely to die of cancer as other men. LDS women also have lower cancer mortality, but the difference is not as great as for men. Latter-day Saints also have a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Death rates are lower for Latter-day Saints who have higher levels of religious participation. In short, adherence to the Mormon code of health appears to lower death rates from several diseases. But lower mortality is not as important as high fertility or conversion in creating high rates of growth in the LDS membership.
American Journal of Epidemiology: Active Latter-day Saints Seven Times Less Likely to Commit Suicide SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology 2002;155:413-419. http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_dem.html
Utah ranked first for the lowest prevalence of smoking, with 14 percent. (4) Utah ranked first for the lowest risk for heart disease, and was 20 percent below the national average. (4) Utah ranked first for the lowest number of cancer cases, with 239.5 cases per 100,000. (4) http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_dem.html
http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Vital_Statistics
MORTALITY. The LDS code of health, known as the Word of Wisdom, prohibits the use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee, and tea. Conformity to this code should reduce death rates. Utah death rates are below rates in the nation at large and in the mountain states for most major causes of death, including heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, pulmonary disease, pneumonia/flu, diabetes, liver disease, and atherosclerosis. Utah suicide rates are higher than the national average, but lower than in the mountain states as a whole (Smith). Unfortunately, the accuracy of such reports of death are difficult to verify. Deaths of nonparticipating members can go unrecorded on Church records for years, thus creating imprecise estimates of respective death rates.
Studies of specific LDS populations in California (Enstrom), Utah (Gardner and Lyon; Lyon, Gardner, and West), and Alberta, Canada (Jarvis) show that LDS men are about half as likely to die of cancer as other men. LDS women also have lower cancer mortality, but the difference is not as great as for men. Latter-day Saints also have a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Death rates are lower for Latter-day Saints who have higher levels of religious participation. In short, adherence to the Mormon code of health appears to lower death rates from several diseases. But lower mortality is not as important as high fertility or conversion in creating high rates of growth in the LDS membership.
Тут графики и таблицы сравнения LDS и не LDS:
http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol10/3/10-3.pdf
American Journal of Epidemiology:
Active Latter-day Saints Seven Times Less Likely to Commit Suicide
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology 2002;155:413-419.
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_dem.html
Utah ranked first for the lowest prevalence of smoking, with 14 percent. (4)
Utah ranked first for the lowest risk for heart disease, and was 20 percent below the national average. (4)
Utah ranked first for the lowest number of cancer cases, with 239.5 cases per 100,000. (4)
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_dem.html
http://www.fullerconsideration.com/membershipmethodology.php
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