In recent years, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated, followed by three
consecutive years of decline. The decline is small in absolute terms but is unprecedented …

Eliminating health disparities is a fundamental, though not always explicit, goal of public
health research and practice. There is a burgeoning literature in this area, but a number of …

We build on and extend the findings in Case and Deaton (2015) on increases in mortality
and morbidity among white non-Hispanic Americans in midlife since the turn of the century …

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 …

There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we
review what is known about this link. We first document the facts about the relationship …

Adult mortality varies greatly by educational attainment. Explanations have focused on
actions and choices made by individuals, neglecting contextual factors such as economic …

Social class inequalities in health and mortality have become an increasingly prominent
topic of study among sociologists, demographers, economists, and social epidemiologists …

In 2011, US mortality rates reached record lows for both women and men; as a result, life
expectancy at birth reached record highs: 81 years for women and 76 years for men. 1 …

The paper examines educational differentials in adult mortality in the United States within a
multivariate framework using data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Survey (NLMS) …

Recent medical sociological research has examined whether the relationship between
education and health is dynamic across age, whereas recent demographic research has …