Zharinov G M, Mikhalsky A I, Neklasova N Y, Anisimov V N
Academician A.M.Granov Russian Research Center for Radiology and Surgical Technologies, 70 Leningradskaya str., Pesochny, St. Petersburg 197758, Russian Federation, e-mail:
Institute of Control Sciences RAS, 65 Profsouznaya str., Moscow 117997, Russian Federation, e-mail:
Adv Gerontol. 2019;32(6):889-900.
Data on lifespan and some reasons of musicians' death of the XX century are presented in this article. The mean age of death (MAD) in male musicians (n=20 218) was 67,8 years, whereas the MAD in female ones was 71,5 years. «Classic» musicians both men and women lived longer than jazz, pop and variety music performing musicians (6,3 and 9,7 years longer respectively) and much longer then rock musicians (21,7 and 30,7 years longer, respectively). Among classic music interpreters, 10,8% of men and 21,5% of women survived into their 90 years' old; among jazz and variety musicians - 5,4 and 9,2% respectively; rock musicians barely survived to 90 years of age (0,4% in men and women). Male musicians of classic genre (9 100 persons) lived for 3,5 less then female musicians of the same genre (2 339). The MAD of jazz and variety musicians wasn't difference in men (7 974) and women (1 770) and the MAD in female rock musicians (254) was 5,5 years less as compared with male (3 144). Frequency of suicides, deaths by misadventure, murders and malignant tumors was maximum in rock musicians and minimally in «classics». All these events related to the music genre. The data of musicians of the XX century who have reached the age of 101 years old are presented in this article as well.
本文介绍了20世纪音乐家的寿命数据及一些死亡原因。男性音乐家（n = 20218）的平均死亡年龄（MAD）为67.8岁，而女性音乐家的平均死亡年龄为71.5岁。“古典”音乐家，无论男女，都比爵士、流行和综艺音乐表演音乐家寿命长（分别长6.3岁和9.7岁），比摇滚音乐家寿命长得多（分别长21.7岁和30.7岁）。在古典音乐演奏者中，10.8%的男性和21.5%的女性活到了90岁；在爵士和综艺音乐家中，这一比例分别为5.4%和9.2%；摇滚音乐家中几乎没有人活到90岁（男性和女性均为0.4%）。古典音乐流派的男性音乐家（9100人）比同流派的女性音乐家（2339人）寿命短3.5岁。爵士和综艺音乐家的平均死亡年龄在男性（7974人）和女性（1770人）中没有差异，女性摇滚音乐家的平均死亡年龄（254人）比男性（3144人）少5.5岁。自杀、意外死亡、谋杀和恶性肿瘤的发生率在摇滚音乐家中最高，在“古典”音乐家中最低。所有这些事件都与音乐流派有关。本文还介绍了20世纪活到101岁的音乐家的数据。
