A recent study shows that poverty, on average, cuts ten years off American men’s lives and seven off women’s. The study examined longevity, smoking, obesity, and childhood poverty among other health information for the richest and poorest Americans. Individuals who grow up in low-income and deprived areas are likely to have lower health trajectories. If there is continued failure to address economic, educational, and health disparities, it will lead to a larger gap between the rich and the poor.
See Richest Americans Live Seven to 10 Years Longer than Poorest, Fox News, December 5, 2016.
