Analysis of Canadian ophthalmologists' age of death between 2000 and 2023: a comparative retrospective cross-sectional study.

Amir-Ali Golrokhian-Sani, Emaan Chaudry, Maya Morcos, Marc Morcos, Angela Li, Alfred Basilious

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Amir-Ali Golrokhian-SaniFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. amirali.golrokhiansani@uottawa.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0384-8472

Emaan ChaudryDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Maya MorcosFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-1561-6746

Marc MorcosFaculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3744-9930

Angela LiFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Alfred BasiliousFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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objectiveThe objective of this study is to assess the lifespan of ophthalmologists in Canada relative to that of other Canadian physicians and surgeons.

methodsIn December 2023, obituaries published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) from 2000 to 2023 were manually collected. A Python program was created to collect age at death, physician speciality, and year of death from each obituary. The full methodology is described in our pilot study [1]. A univariate general linear model was employed to evaluate the relationship between medical speciality and average age of death. Model performance was assessed using the coefficient of determination (R

resultsIn total, 2645 physicians were included in the analysis: 312 surgeons (excluding ophthalmologists), 109 ophthalmologists, and 2224 physicians in other specialities (excluding physicians and ophthalmologists). Surgeons, on average, lived approximately 4 years longer than non-surgical physicians (p < 0.001) and 2 years longer than ophthalmologists (p = 0.620). Ophthalmologists lived approximately 3 years longer than non-surgical physicians, though this was not statistically significant (p = 0.122).

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PMID42816528

DOI10.1002/lim2.23

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