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> The established risk factors to life expectancy – caloric intake, urbanization, obesity and education levels – were included as the potential confounders. Od
by robocat 3y ago
> The established risk factors to life expectancy – caloric intake, urbanization, obesity and education levels – were included as the potential confounders.
Odd that they don't control for income (high or low). Quote from the first search result I read on life expectancy and poverty in the US: "You might expect two or three years of life differential ... but 10 or 15 years … it’s an immense difference".
And I remember years ago that two cars was an indicator for longer life - presumably due to signaling higher income.
- appplication 3y agoIt does control for education. Which is not quite as good but is probably a decent proxy.
- wwtrv 3y ago> but 10 or 15 years … it’s an immense difference IIRC there is a huge decrease for the last few percentiles. For males the difference between 50th percentile and 80th is about 2 years, and about 6 years compared to the top 1%. For women the curve still exists but is a lot less steep. Interestingly in some more well-off areas like New York City the life expectancy is fro the 10th and 50th percentiles is almost the same and then it start increasing at a much faster pace.