Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Poverty Tops Smoking as a Major Death Risk - Study
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 2 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release:
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A Vanderbilt study found that Black and white people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000.
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During the past 40 years, the gap between rich and poor Americans has continued to widen in terms of health and mortality, as well as income. . . .
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A Vanderbilt study found that Black and white people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000.
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During the past 40 years, the gap between rich and poor Americans has continued to widen in terms of health and mortality, as well as income. . . .