A new study has found education and socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy of people, in spite of overall improvement in healthcare. Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s, the study found. "The most highly educated white men live about 14 years longer than the least educated black men. The least ...Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Study Finds Less Education and Lower Socioeconomic Status Can Lower Life Expectancy
A new study has found education and socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy of people, in spite of overall improvement in healthcare. Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s, the study found. "The most highly educated white men live about 14 years longer than the least educated black men. The least ...
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