Association between educational level and total and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of over 694 000 individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium.

Risk of death from all causes in the experimental group aged >40 years was lower than that in the control group with marginally significant association (HR=0.96, 95% CI=0.93 to 0.99). 31 Interestingly, utilising a longitudinal dataset of Danish twins, Behrman et al found only weak evidence of an association between educational level and adult mortality among identical twin pairs who shared both the same genetic background and similar childhood social environments; but stronger evidence of the education/mortality relationship was found among fraternal twin pairs and unrelated individuals. 32 Understanding the mechanisms by which educational attainment influences death risk is highly important for public policy making.

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