AACII: Males Have Higher Critical Illness Risk

A 25-year-old male non-smoker has a 24% chance of having a critical illness before reaching age 65 -- and a 25-year-old male smoker has a 49% chance of incurring such an illness, according to the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance.

Analysts at Milliman Inc., Seattle, included those figures in a national critical illness risk assessment study prepared for the AALTCI, Westlake Village, Calif.

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