Health Affairs February 15, 2018
There has been a growing gap in healthy aging between individuals with lower and higher socioeconomic status in the US. The disparity in life expectancy between rich and poor has grown by eight to 10 years over the past several decades, according to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report. More recently, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the top 5 percent of income earners gained almost three years in life expectancy since 2001, while the bottom 5 percent made no real gains. Older adults’ health status improvements have also been concentrated among white, well-educated and higher-income individuals, while racial/ethnic minority, less educated, and lower-income individuals have had declining health.
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