Discussion of growing inequity in US life expectancy increasingly focuses on the
popularized narrative that it is driven by a surge of “deaths of despair.” Does this narrative fit …

The educational gradient in life expectancy is well documented in the United States and in
other low-mortality countries. Highly educated Americans, on average, live longer than their …

Socioeconomic gaps in life expectancy have widened substantially in the United States
since 2000. Yet the contribution of specific causes to these growing disparities remains …

Despite decades of progress, the future of life expectancy in the United States is uncertain
due to widening socioeconomic disparities in mortality, continued disparities in mortality …

Background Life expectancy at birth in the United States will likely surpass 80 years in the
coming decade. Yet recent studies suggest that longevity gains are unevenly shared across …

In 2015, age-adjusted mortality rates increased for 8 of the 10 leading causes of death in the
United States. As a result, life expectancy declined by 0.17 years for both women and men …

Independent researchers have reported an alarming decline in life expectancy after 1990
among US non-Hispanic whites with less than a high school education. However, US …

Importance There are substantial and increasing educational differences in US adult life
expectancy. To reduce social inequalities in mortality, it is important to understand how …

Researchers have documented widening educational gradients in mortality in the United
States since the 1970s. While smoking has been proposed as a key explanation for this …

It has long been known that despite well-documented improvements in longevity for most
Americans, alarming disparities persist among racial groups and between the well-educated …