An analysis by the UN is the first to provide figures on the fatal consequences of working too many hours around the world - and terrifying results.
Geneva - All over the world, people are literally working their way to death.
This is the result of a UN study, whose global estimates put the global extent into figures for the first time.
As reported by the dpa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) assume that around 398,000 people around the world died of strokes and around 347,000 of coronary heart disease in 2016.
The reason: A working week of at least 55 hours.
WHO and ILO: The risk of cardiovascular diseases increases with too much work
In many parts of the world, an average of 35 to 40 hours per week is the norm, but in Asia, Africa and Latin America, many people work significantly more, according to the dpa. According to the study, the risk of cardiovascular diseases increases significantly from 55 working hours a week. Fatal heart disease and stroke caused by working hours particularly increased between 2000 and 2016. "We assume that it takes about ten years before you actually experience the consequences of long working hours," said the epidemiologist Frank Pega from the WHO to
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. For their analysis, WHO and ILO brought together data from over 2000 surveys in more than 150 countries and almost 60 study results.
Corona crisis: Home office and job cuts lead to even more burdens
The corona crisis could now worsen this development, according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
In addition to the increased burden on those employees who have to compensate for and compensate for job cuts, the blurring boundary between work and leisure in the home office is also a problem.
Current survey results of the Future Forum, a think tank of the communication platform for working groups Slack, confirm Ghebreyesu's assessments.
As reported by the dpa, 40 percent of those surveyed said that they would work significantly more in the home office than before.
No job is worth "risking a stroke or heart disease for him," the AFP news agency quoted WHO chief Ghebreyesus as saying.
(leb / dpa / afp)
