Table 4. Annual Cause Specific Mortality Attributable to Low Education, Numbers and Percentages of Deaths, by Sex and Birth Cohort, Non-Institutionalized U.S. Born Adults Aged 25 to 85 in the 2010 Population.

		Men		Women		Total
		Number	% of total	Number	% of total	Number	% of total
Panel A: Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Scenario 1: Mortality attributable to having less than a high school degree rather than a high school degree or GED.
Birth Cohort	1945	18,246	9%	22,449	16%	40,695	12%
	1935	16,460	6%	18,683	11%	35,143	8%
	1925	13,196	4%	13,880	7%	27,076	5%
Scenario 2: Mortality attributable to having some college rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	18,360	9%	10,062	7%	28,422	8%
	1935	18,710	7%	9,989	6%	28,699	7%
	1925	16,902	5%	8,783	4%	25,685	5%
Scenario 3: Mortality attributable to having less than a baccalaureate degree rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	81,669	39%	63,920	46%	145,589	42%
	1935	82,707	31%	59,525	36%	142,232	33%
	1925	76,353	22%	49,806	25%	126,159	23%
Panel B: Cancer Mortality
Scenario 1: Mortality attributable to having less than a high school degree rather than a high school degree or GED.
Birth Cohort	1945	15,087	7%	12,223	7%	27,311	7%
	1935	11,797	5%	7,728	4%	19,526	5%
	1925	8,146	3%	3,500	2%	11,646	3%
Scenario 2: Mortality attributable to having some college rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	13,941	7%	9,752	5%	23,694	6%
	1935	14,049	6%	6,847	4%	20,896	5%
	1925	13,678	5%	3,150	2%	16,828	4%
Scenario 3: Mortality attributable to having less than a baccalaureate degree rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	66,198	32%	48,584	27%	114,782	30%
	1935	58,763	25%	34,048	18%	92,810	22%
	1925	48,246	18%	17,338	9%	65,584	14%

Source: National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality File, 1986–2006; American Community Survey 2009 to 2011.

Note: All estimates are adjusted for race/ethnicity.