Top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have less heart disease risk than others, and this gap has widened over past two decades, even after adjusting for factors like blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI. Life expectancy for richest 1% of Americans is now 10 years higher than poorest 1%.
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UPI
Wealthier Americans face lower risk of heart disease
Well-to-do and better-educated Americans have far lower rates of heart disease than the rest of the population, a new study says.
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Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts. Over a 10-year period, Americans across all wealth levels were more likely to die than Europeans. People with more wealth still lived longer, especially in the US, where the gap between rich and poor is much larger.
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Brown
Even the richest Americans face shorter lifespans than their European counterparts, study finds
A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that Americans have poorer survival rates than Europeans across all wealth levels and detailed factors driving the disparity.
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