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March 12, 2025 – The top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have less heart disease risk than others, and this gap has widened over the past two decades. Life expectancy for the richest 1% of Americans is now 10 years higher than for the poorest 1%.
For this study, researchers analyzed 20 years of data gathered from nearly 50,000 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2018.
Researchers cited a number of reasons why more well-to-do people have an advantage when it comes to heart health.
Poorer folks might suffer from more stress due to their economic insecurity, while higher-income or better-educated people might have more access to healthy behaviors and activities throughout their lives, researchers said.
The well-to-do also might be better at taking prescribed medicines, have less exposure to environmental toxins and might benefit from stronger support systems, Abdalla said.
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