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Mortality in the US by education level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

Cristian Redondo Lourés  and
Andrew J. G. Cairns
Cristian Redondo Lourés
Affiliation:
Maaxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematical and Comupter Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, EdinburghEH14 4AS, UK
Andrew J. G. Cairns*
Affiliation:
Maaxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematical and Comupter Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, EdinburghEH14 4AS, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Tel: +0131 451 3245. Email: A.J.G.Cairns@hw.ac.uk. (www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~andrewc/ARCresources/)
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Abstract

Different mortality rates for different socio-economic groups within a population have been consistently reported throughout the years. In this study, we aim to exploit data from multiple public sources, including highly detailed cause-of-death data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to explore the mortality gap between the better and worse off in the US during the period 1989–2015, using education as a proxy.

Keywords

US mortalityEducation levelSocio-economic statusMortality inequalities

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Annals of Actuarial Science , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , September 2020 , pp. 384 - 419
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© Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2020

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