Being wealthy adds nine more healthy years of life, says study

Posted by mmhsieh on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:19PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/15/being-wealthy-adds-nine-years-to-life-expectancy-says-study

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Re:Being wealthy adds nine more healthy years of life, says ... by nwah1 on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:19PM (#22101792)

Because you cannot do a controlled experiment, it is probably impossible to control for all the variables that are all confounding each other... education level, IQ, talent for delayed gratification, etc. Wealth impacts all of those, but is also caused by them.

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Re:Being wealthy adds nine more healthy years of life, says ... by verdverm on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:08PM (#22100780)

I'll wager a wealthy amount of money that the gap is going to increase at a faster clip

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Re:Being wealthy adds nine more healthy years of life, says ... by Voyiatzis on Monday January 20, 2020 @04:32PM (#22102248)

Depends, on how you drive.

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