A new study has shown that the death gap in the U.S. has widened based on the education level of Americans.
Researchers from the American Cancer Society, as well as scientists from the Centers for Disease Control as well as the National Center for Health Statistics carried out the study, looking at data from 1993 to 2001, with over 3.5 million death certificates.
The found that the death rate for men and women who graduated college decreased, while it increased with people who did not have a high school education.
The death rate increased by 3.2% for those who did not graduate high school, compared to only a 0.7% increase for those who graduated college.
The causes of deaths included in the study were cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other conditions.
The study has been published in the journal PLoS.