Poor and Uneducated White Americans Have Reduced Life Expectancy of up to 4 years

Both men and women who are white in the United States are as a group experiencing a massive reduction in life expectancy, bringing their numbers roughly in line with that of Black Americans, whose life expectancy is traditionally the lowest - but is still rising.

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/21/health/a-troubling-trend-in-life-expectancy.html?ref=us