Health Equity

The Startling Inequality Gap That Emerges After Age 65

Abstract: Seniors in urban areas and on the coasts are surviving longer than their counterparts in rural areas and the nation’s interior, according to an analysis from Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s leading demographers.

Publication: Kaiser Health News

Date Published: March 12, 2020

Author(s): Judith Graham

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