Rich people will live up to 15 years longer than poor ones.
A rich 40-year-old man in the United States can expect to
live until about 87. A poor 40-year-old man might only live until 73.
The difference in length of life as it relates to income is
part of a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
The Health Inequality Project studied about 1.4 billion
income tax records from a 15-year period ending in 2014. While people might
have guessed that wealth allows for a longer life, the study reviewed more data
than any similar studies in the past.
The researchers say it is not only bad to be poor. They say
it is worse to be poor in certain parts of the United States than others. Poor
people in depressed cities like Detroit, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and Gary,
Indiana are worse off than poor people in places like San Francisco, California
and New York City.
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