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People with Lower Education Have Higher Death Rate

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According to a new study, being well educated can lengthen your life span. The death rate among people with less than a high school education has risen, while those graduated high school and went on to college dropped.

Top Resources on People with Lower Education Have Higher Death Rate

• WebMD: Less Education, Higher Death Rates? (May 13, 2008)
• Science Daily: Educated People In US Living Longer, Less Educated Have Unchanged Death Rate (May 14, 2008)
• Washington Post: Death Gap Widens Between Educated and Those Not (May 14, 2008)
• Medpage Today: Years of Education a Marker for Widening Socioeconomic Gap in Death Rates (May 14, 2008)
• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Gap in Mortality Rates Between People With More, Less Education Widened, Study Finds (May 14, 2008)

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