Study: U.S. educational 'death gap' widens

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Date Added: May 16, 2008 03:24:03 AM

WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- The death gap between U.S. adults with less than high school education and those with college degrees increased rapidly from 1993 to 2001, a U.S. study said.

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