Table 5. Annual Race-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: Non-Hispanic Whites
Scenario 1: Mortality attributable to having less than a high school degree rather than a high school degree or GED.
Birth Cohort	1945	46,744	8%	61,073	12%	107,817	10%
	1935	37,016	6%	41,516	8%	78,532	7%
	1925	26,494	4%	24,914	5%	51,408	4%
Scenario 2: Mortality attributable to having some college rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	50,030	9%	32,539	6%	82,569	7%
	1935	45,236	7%	26,182	5%	71,419	6%
	1925	37,442	5%	18,899	4%	56,341	5%
Scenario 3: Mortality attributable to having less than a baccalaureate degree rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	207,154	36%	200,682	38%	407,836	37%
	1935	182,151	28%	152,926	30%	335,077	29%
	1925	147,502	21%	105,204	21%	252,707	21%
Panel B: Non-Hispanic Blacks
Scenario 1: Mortality attributable to having less than a high school degree rather than a high school degree or GED.
Birth Cohort	1945	9,951	10%	11,159	12%	21,111	11%
	1935	7,502	7%	8,269	9%	15,771	8%
	1925	4,710	4%	5,545	6%	10,256	5%
Scenario 2: Mortality attributable to having some college rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	5,686	6%	6,153	7%	11,839	6%
	1935	3,545	3%	4,314	5%	7,859	4%
	1925	385	0.3%	2,035	2%	2,421	1%
Scenario 3: Mortality attributable to having less than a baccalaureate degree rather than a baccalaureate degree
Birth Cohort	1945	31,723	32%	35,083	38%	66,805	35%
	1935	22,935	21%	25,588	28%	48,523	24%
	1925	10,622	9%	14,850	16%	25,472	12%

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

Note: All estimates are adjusted for race/ethnicity.