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College Graduates Live A Decade Longer Than High School Dropouts | Educational differences correlate to vast differences in lifespan for both males and females, according to a new research on educational attainment in Health Affairs. White men who drop out of high school live 12.9 years less, on average, than white male college graduates; for women, the gap is 10.4 years. The disparities exist for African Americans and Latinos as well, the research found. The explanation, as the Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff notes, is likely due in part to educational effects on health and differing levels of access to quality health care: the unemployment rate for dropouts is three times higher than it is for college graduates, meaning they are less likely to have jobs that provide health care.