JAMA· 2016Q1

The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014

Raj Chetty, Michael Stepner, Sarah Abraham, Shelby Lin et al.

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Between 2001-2014, higher income was strongly linked to longer life expectancy in the US, with the gap between the richest 1% and poorest 1% reaching 14.6 years for men and 10.1 years for women. This disparity widened significantly over the study period.

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