Death Gap In U.S. Widens Based On Level Of Education

Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new study, the death gap in the U.S. continues to grow between people who have less than a high school education, and those who are college graduates. This study has shown that the risk of early death is now very high in those less educated.

The study compared the death gap for the time period between 1993 and 2001. It was carried out by a team of epidemiologists from the American Cancer Society, as well as scientists from the Centers for Disease Control as well as the National Center for Health Statistics.

The researchers looked at data from the National Vital Statistic System, as well as death certificates from over 3.5 million deaths between 1993 and 2001.

What they found is that over that period of time, the death rate for men and women with the highest education decreased, while the opposite took place for those with less than a high school education.

The death rate for white women with less than 12 years education increased 3.2%, compared to only a 0.7% increase for those who completed high school.

The gap is so large now due to the fact that these death rates of more educated Americans have gone undocumented.

The causes of deaths they looked at include cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other conditions.

The study has been published in the journal PLoS.