Life Expectancy Tied To Education

HealthDay.com:

Life expectancy in the United States is on the increase, but only among people with more than 12 years of education, a new study finds.

In fact, those with more than 12 years of education -- more than a high school diploma -- can expect to live to 82; for those with 12 or fewer years of education, life expectancy is 75.

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Comments

[Jain]

11:58 PM on 03/11/2008

Bless my masters!

[bmermaid]

04:51 PM on 03/11/2008

The obvious factor affecting this study would be that those that are intellegent enough to advance their education are both smart enough to have a healthy lifestyle, and wealthy enough to afford good medical care.
With universal healthcare, everyone could have the same chance to live a long & healthy life. Since the less educated are just as productive to society, perhaps more, seems like that would be a good idea.