From
Alternet
Black Men Die by 65 at Quadruple U.S Rate...
The benefit of education for African American males stops at 12 years, he said,...
About 40 percent of the least-educated African American males who make it to age 25 will die before they are 65, the study found, as will 22 percent of the most-educated.
For all other groups, the chances of dying by age 65 are only 10 percent.
And an interesting side note:
African American women also present a puzzle when it comes to the link between obesity and education. For all other groups, higher education means lower chances of becoming obese, but “that is absolutely not true for black women,” Olshansky said
Reminds me of a comment made by someone I know that black women have it the worst. I had to resist the urge to point out that the data does not prove such a conclusion. Perhaps in certain areas they do but not all 'round.
The chart at this location: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/27/2/350/T2.expansion.html
Shows that for the disease categories listed, black men die at significantly higher rates than any other group, including black women regardless of educational level.
Original article on Health Affairs:
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/27/2/350.full?sid=6edcb07a-28d6-4859-8c99-d863306ebcf5
