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Life is shorter for the working class — and in many red states.

Life Expectancy In The U.S. Is Declining at a Rapid Rate – It Began Much Earlier Than We Thought – msn

Life Expectancy Drops in U.S., but Not for Everyone

“Researchers at Harvard found that the richest American men live 15 years longer than the poorest men, while the richest American women live 10 years longer than the poorest women. That is quite a gap.

“One of the study’s authors, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, is quoted as saying, ‘There’s no income [above] which higher income is not associated with greater longevity, and there’s no income below which less income is not associated with lower survival.’

“He continued, ‘It was already known that life expectancy increased with income, so we’re not the first to show that, but everyone thought you had to hit a plateau at some point, or that it would plateau at the bottom, but that’s not the case.’”

Life expectancy declines for Americans without a four-year college degree – USC News


Also see:

“A Widening Gap in Life Expectancy Makes Raising Social Security’s Retirement Age a Particularly Bad
Deal for Low-Wage Earners” – Karl Polzer, Society of Actuaries

Raising Social Security’s retirement age would slam low-wage workers yet again – Washington Examiner


Low-Income Patients at Risk for Chronic Illness, Health Disparities

“The bottom 80 percent of income earners were more likely to see cardiovascular disease, a health disparity that has not improved over time.”


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