A Spouse Dies, Then Soon, Another: the Widowhood effect.

寡居效应：当一个配偶走了，随后另外一个很快也逝去了。

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Findings on the widowhood effect don't come as news to medical professionals, who have observed similar patterns of increased mortality.

对于寡居效应的发现对于医务工作者来说并非新闻，他们早已观察了多起相似的案例。

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Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.

没有任何东西能帮你应付守寡的打击和哀痛。

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One of the saddest characteristics of Sri Lankan society is the high incidence of widowhood, because of the violence.

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The average age of widowhood is 56 and according to the 2000 Census women are more than four times more likely to be widowed than men.

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So the average age at widowhood for black and Hispanic women is 54.

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