Losing a job later in life more than doubles the risk of having a heart attack or stroke, according to research from Yale University.
The Yale University study started in 1991 and ran for 10 years. It was based on more than 12,500 people from almost 8,000 households, but focused in on more than 4,300 people aged between 51 and 61 who were all in work at the time the study began.
Ten years later, 582 of these subjects had lost their jobs. During the 10 years, 23 of these people had heart attacks after they had been made redundant, while another 13 had a stroke after the job loss.
The researchers concluded that those who had been made redundant over the age of 50 were more then twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke than others in the study.
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