Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy
"In a continuation of long-term trends, life expectancy has been steadily increasing in the United States for the past several decades. Accompanying the recent
increases, however, is a growing disparity in life expectancy between individuals with high and low income and between those with more and less education. The
difference in life expectancy across socioeconomic groups is significantly larger now than in 1980 or 1990. A similar trend is evident in Great Britain but
not in Canada, where the gap in life expectancy between high- and low-income individuals has declined."