education

^[1]^[2]^[3]

Epidemiology

morbidity & mortality are increasing among white men with at most a high school education
- suicide & chronic liver disease contribute
hispanic with lower educational achievement than the general U.S. population^[3]
an increase in level of education in population >= 65 years between 2000 & 2016 occurred in parallel to a decline in dementia^[2]

↑ Case A and Deaton A. Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non- Hispanic Americans in the 21st century. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015 Nov 2 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575631
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 AMA Morning Report. Nov 14, 2022 American Medical Association
Hudomiet P, Hurd HD, Rohwedder S Trends in inequalities in the prevalence of dementia in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Nov 16;119(46):e2212205119. Nov 7. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36343247 https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2212205119
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11) Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2022
Pew Research Center, Aug 16, 2023 Educational attainment of Hispanic population in the U.S., 2021 https://www.pewresearch.org/chart/us-hispanics-education/