You can probably expect cake and presents on your birthday, but
you also have a good chance of kicking the bucket.Â After
analyzing 2.4 million deaths over four decades, Swiss
researchers found that you’re nearly 14 percent more likely to
die on your birthday than any other day of the year. Why? â€śMen
have an increased risk of falling down or committing suicide on
their birthday, presumably due to alcohol consumption,â€ť says
study author Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Ph.D., a research associate
at the University of Zurich. But boozing on your birthday
isnâ€™t the only time your lifeâ€™s in danger. Protect yourself
on some other dangerous days throughout the yearâ€”hereâ€™s how.
(Plus, learn more ways toÂ Break Your Date with Death.) The
Month of July If you’re having elective surgery, don’t go under
the knife in July. New medical residentsâ€”recent med school
gradsâ€”start work on July 1, hence the 4 percent spike in
deaths throughout the month, according to a Harvard study.
Inexperienced doctors are also more lik