We aren't speaking lingua sciencia, we're speaking more casually to the general audience of our newspaper. In that case, it's completely acceptable to say "doct

We aren't speaking lingua sciencia, we're speaking more casually to the general audience of our newspaper. In that case, it's completely acceptable to say "doctors don't die like the rest of us", especially when you write that in 2013. It's true, they don't. In 2016, when we know it's not the "doctor" part that matters but the "rich educated" part, it's still true to say "doctors don't die like the rest of us", as long as you make it clear why that's the case. To specifically address your question, I phrased my sentence poorly. It is literally true that doctors don't die like the average American, no matter what you account for, but that's a misleading statement because doctors aren't average.