Abstract
The residents of Bayeux, Lower Normandy, France, who live 2 years/sex longer on the average than the general population of France and 4 years/sex longer than that of the USA, ingest foods high in cholesterol and fat, diets which published reports show advance the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Albeit CVD leads in causes of death in France (36%) and America (46%) and is epidemical in Bayeux, it counts for fewer deaths among these Normans (32%). Why is this? Since 1982, I have conducted fieldwork in Bayeux. Results of participant observation and reports of 171 elders derived from key-informant interviews and an 11-point questionnaire concerning the importance of their dependable, predictable, and routinized social system to the felt well-being of these elderly Bayeuxans suggest the conclusion that the cultural construction of Bayeux, reminiscent of a former era and diet notwithstanding, contributes to their perceived well-being, quality of life, and lowered mortality from CVD, by attenuating both ambivalence about role expectations and the subsequent fear that activates the stress cascade which then results in specific deleterious physiologic effects on the cardiovascular system.
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