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Questions 485 and 486 are based on the data in the following bar graphs.
0
Bachelor’s degree
or higher
Bachelor’s degree
or higher
High school
graduate or GED
High school
graduate or GED
2006
No high
school diploma
1996
No high
school diploma
Men
Life Expectancy at Age 25, by Sex and Education Level:
United States, 1996 and 2006
Some college
Some college
20 40
Years of expected life remaining
at age 25
Years of expected life remaining
at age 25
60
56
52
51
47
54
51
50
47
80 0
Women
20 40 60
60
58
57
52
59
58
57
53
80
 Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 2011
 485. Based on the information in the graphs, which of the following statements 
must be true? Indicate all such statements.
 (A) For men, life expectancy at age 25 goes up as educational level 
decreases.
 (B) For women, life expectancy at age 25 goes up as educational level 
increases.
 (C) At age 25, men with bachelor’s degrees or higher have greater life 
expectancy than women with bachelor’s degrees or higher.
 (D) In 1996, at age 25 women with no high school diploma could expect 
to live, on average, 6 years less than those with a bachelor’s degree or 
higher.
 (E) In 2006, at age 25 men with a bachelor’s degree or higher could 
expect to live, on average, 7 years longer than those with no high 
school diploma.
 (F) From 1996 to 2006, the gap in life expectancy at age 25 between 
those with a bachelor’s degree or higher and those with no diploma 
widened by the same amount for both men and women. 
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