American adults with a bachelor’s degree live longer than those without one, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California and Princeton University. American mortality rates declined for nearly a century until the late 1990s. That decline has continued for more educated Americans but has reversed for American adults without a college degree.
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American adults without a college degree have experienced greater reductions in life expectancy when compared to their more-educated counterparts, USC and Princeton researchers have found.
The study reveals that after nearly a century of declining mortality up to the late 1990s, the progress continued into the 21st century for more-educated Americans but stalled for the population as a whole and reversed for the two-thirds of Americans who do not have a college degree.
The study appeared Monday in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The researchers examined overall mortality in the United States using records spanning from 1990 to 2018. Assuming that mortality rates at each age remained constant at their level in each year, they then calculated how long a 25-year-old could expect to live up until the age of 75.
By City News Service
Mar 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - American adults without a college degree have experienced greater reductions in life expectancy when compared to their more-educated counterparts, according to a study by USC and Princeton released today.
The study reveals that after nearly a century of declining mortality up to the late 1990s, the progress continued into the 21st century for more-educated Americans but stalled for the population as a whole and reversed for the two-thirds of Americans who do not have a college degree.
The study, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, examined overall mortality in the United States using records spanning from 1990 to 2018. Assuming that mortality rates at each age remained constant at their level in each year, the researchers then calculated how long a 25-year-old could expect to live up until the age of 75.
Life expectancy declines for Americans without a four-year college degree
March 9, 2021USC
Before COVID-19 took a toll on overall life expectancy, adult life expectancy had already declined among the two-thirds of Americans who lack a bachelor’s degree. Researchers say those with a college degree increasingly live longer and more prosperous lives while those without face rising mortality and declining prospects.
American adults without a college degree have experienced greater reductions in life expectancy when compared to their counterparts with more education, USC and Princeton University researchers have found.
The study reveals that after nearly a century of declining mortality up to the late 1990s, the progress continued into the 21st century for more-educated Americans but stalled for the population as a whole and reversed for the two-thirds of Americans who do not have a college degree.