Social factors better indicate early death risk than skin color, geography
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 21:01
in Health & Medicine
In a novel study of health disparities in the United States, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified 22 socioeconomic and environmental variables that together are better indicators of early death than are race or geography. The findings upend long-held beliefs that where you live and the color of your skin are the best markers for how long you may live.