It makes sense. Education gives you the knowledge to be more aware thus knowing the healthy choices and choosing them while avoiding unhealthy ones be it from diet or habits. It’s also more likely to put you in a position to access better health care and do so more often, and is more likely to help you gain employment in a job that is less detrimental to your health.
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March 11 (Bloomberg) – College-educated people live seven years longer on average than those who never went beyond high school, according to a Harvard University researcher.
Those who were 25 in 2000 and better educated could expect to live to the age of 82, compared with age 75 for those less educated, according to research in the journal Health Affairs. Smoking-related illnesses were more prevalent in the group with less education, accounting for about one-fifth of the mortality difference, the study found.
This is the first study based on education to examine life expectancy trends over 10 years to determine links to specific diseases, said lead author Ellen Meara, an assistant professor of health-care policy at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The U.S. government and health groups may need to better target health programs at less-educated groups to reduce the disparity in life expectancy, the researchers said.
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Study is typical example of selection bias.
Actually its those who are healthy are more likely to be more educated, its not the education that gives you a longer life, its better health that helps you get more education AND longer life.
By the way the longest living person on planet, ney school ka munh bhi nahiN dekha
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^ How does healthy make you more educated? Undoubtedly a small percentage of people have health problems which may disable them from gaining a college education (due to health) but that is a tiny minority.
The more college education a smoker receives, the more likely one is to quit smoking.
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Although i agree that more eduaction does increase one’s life span, wht abt in the old ages whr most ppl were illiterae yet lived way over 200 years, hw does that work ?? I mean they didnt have all these life saving treatments and medicines around then??
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sequencing issue.
are u better educated BECAUSE you are from a family that can AFFORD a higher education ...which means they may already have access to better healthcare translating to a longer life.
you may want to live the american dream but not everyone has access to the means to reach it. (legitimately) this may produce strain such as the unhealthy habits of smoking and drinking.
Re: Research Shows More Education Means a Longer Life
sequencing issue.
are u better educated BECAUSE you are from a family that can AFFORD a higher education ...which means they may already have access to better healthcare translating to a longer life.
you may want to live the american dream but not everyone has access to the means to reach it. (legitimately) this may produce strain such as the unhealthy habits of smoking and drinking.
