The Ohio State University researchers have recently conducted a 24-year-long study, published in American Sociological Review, and have gained success in revealing about the disparity between healthy and sick Americans born after 1980.

The researchers have affirmed that the gap would increase with advancement in time. There are certain factors responsible for increasing the gap or one could say that it has given birth to the gap. Some of the many factors are traditional income diversity, increasing obesity levels, reach of medical care that further depends on certain factors like money, transport, place of clinic, etc.

In this regard, study lead Hui Zheng asserted, "As young people today reach middle age and preceding cohorts with a smaller health gap die off, we expect health disparities in the whole population to grow even larger".

It all depends on the current situation and how effectively it is being handled. If the disparity is tried to reduce then there is a great possibility that the rapidly widening gap could be reduced to good effect. But if not, people will have to be ready for the trend to continue.

During their study, the researchers took three factors namely age, exact year means when they were born and if possibly then date when they received health check up. In this exhaustive study, they sued to add 30, 000 people to their database each year so that they do not miss out on any change that took place during the entire year. The survey was chosen as a mode of assessment, wherein respondents were asked to rate their health on scale of one to five.

Some additional factors like race, gender, marital status, income, education and work status were also given deep consideration. The study findings revealed that Americans being born between 1955 and 1964 have the best health. However, the situation is constantly deteriorating ever since then.