Mortality

People die sooner if they have low vitamin D

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• More vitamin D means fewer deaths – many studies

• Much more likely to live longer if higher vitamin D – 27,000 seniors Feb 2017

• 2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021

• Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki

• Top 10 causes of death - low vitamin D is associated with every cause - Nov 2018

• Taking vitamin D extends life - 56 trials with 100,000 people - Dr. Greger video July 2016

• Much more likely to live longer if higher vitamin D – 27,000 seniors Feb 2017

• Low Vitamin D is associated with dying sooner (70 studies) – meta-analysis Jan 2019

• 4.8 X more likely to die within 28 days of ICU if low Vitamin D - Jan 2024

• Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016

• Senior women having low vitamin D were 2X more likely to die - Sept 2023

• Risk of death after bone fracture was 6.6 X higher if less than 10 ng of vitamin D – June 2017

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Mortality Meta-analyses

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See also in VitaminDWiki

• Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki

• Top 10 causes of death - low vitamin D is associated with every cause - Nov 2018

• Taking vitamin D extends life - 56 trials with 100,000 people - Dr. Greger video July 2016

• Much more likely to live longer if higher vitamin D – 27,000 seniors Feb 2017

• 2,000 IU of Vitamin D daily to German Seniors would save 30,000 lives a year – March 2021

• Low Vitamin D is associated with dying sooner (70 studies) – meta-analysis Jan 2019

• 4.8 X more likely to die within 28 days of ICU if low Vitamin D - Jan 2024

• Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016

• Senior women having low vitamin D were 2X more likely to die - Sept 2023

• Risk of death after bone fracture was 6.6 X higher if less than 10 ng of vitamin D – June 2017

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articles in Mortality and Trauma/Surgery

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articles in Mortality and Women:

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Female mortality and suicide (white, U.S.) are increasing

The mysteries of women's health

Increase in 22 years

• In 43% of U.S. counties female mortality got worse (2002-2006), vs 4% for male mortality.

• Suicide: 45 % increase for women, 16 % increase for men

• "Women are almost twice as likely to have adverse drug reactions as men, . ."---

Women in VitaminDWiki

• ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D

• Overview Women and Vitamin D

• Overview Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue and vitamin D perhaps the most visited web page on VitaminDWiki

• Suicide associated with low vitamin D - many studies

• Overview Pain and Vitamin D

• Suspect that Vitamin D levels of white US women decreased during that time

  • Unable to find any charts that show levels of vitamin D for females
• Some drugs change potency when Vitamin D is increased (increase in a hormone)

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"Deaths of despair”: suicide, opioid overdoses, and alcohol problems

The deaths are concentrated in non-Hispanic whites, and those without college education

• Suicide associated with low vitamin D - many studies

• Opioid addiction related to low vitamin D in many ways (in both mice and men) – June 2021

  • 12+ studies

• Overview Alcohol and Vitamin D

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Mortality articles

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Mortality is associated with: Virus, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Trauma & surgery, Seniors, Skin - Dark, Cancer - Breast, Intervention, Magnesium etc

Also: Noontime sun, Cost savings, Stroke, Diabetes, Deficiency, Breathing, Omega-3, Falls and Fractures, Women, Optimum, Genetics, Vitamin K, Health, Vitamin D Receptor, Cancer - Colon, Pregnancy (as of Sept 2025)

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