Now a new analysis by the same Princeton University team has identified which part of that population was driving that trend: People without college degrees. White men and women in every age group between 25 and 64 who did not have college degrees saw their mortality rates increase between 1998 and 2015. Those with degrees saw their mortality rates decrease. And if you had a checklist of well-being, the people without college degrees are getting worse and worse, and people with college degrees are doing very well.”The analysis, published Thursday in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, found that the problem appears to be distinctly American. In Europe, mortality rates for people with low levels of education are falling more rapidly than for those with more education.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 24, 2017 02:27 UTC