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by jorleif 4376 days ago
> College-educated white men can expect to live to age 80, while counterparts without a high-school diploma die by age 67.

I wonder if reality is as bad as it sounds here. Factors that cause early death might very well correlate with bad education outcomes. Any kind of lacking self-control could result both in bad education outcomes as well as early death.

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> might very well correlate with bad education outcomes

So would dying at age 16.

It's definitely possible (probable?) they've taken the appropriate figures here, but there's definitely a chance for bad statistics here.