Education and income not only make you wiser and wealthier; they also are linked to health and longevity.
Educated, wealthy live healthier, longer lives
By Mike Snider
USA TODAY
People who at least finish high school may live two to five years longer than those who don't, finds one of several studies in today's New England Journal of Medicine.
And another study finds the poorest people had 3 to 7 times' higher rates of early death than the richest.
In fact, the studies of blacks and whites suggest status is a more important risk factor than race or even smoking, says NEJ editor Marcia Angell.
"No one knows quite how" status affects health, she says, but in addition to social and political costs of inequity, "We are now learning that the medical costs are also very high."
More findings from researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics:
>Among people ages 25 to 64, those earning less than $9,000 annually has a death rate 3 to 7 times higher than those earning $25,000 or more.
>Among people age 65 or older, those who had 12-plus years of education lived 2.4 to 3.9 more healthy years than those with less education.
Education seems to increase how long a person lives actively and independently, says Dr. Jack Guralnik, National Institute on Aging. Luckily, "education level is a risk factor that can be changed," he says.
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