IJRSS Volume 4, Issue 3 ISSN: 2249-2496 _________________________________________________________ A Quarterly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage, India as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences http://www.ijmra.us 637 August 2014 Association Between Educational Level and Cardiovascular Mortality in Bist Doab Region (Punjab, India) Anandvir KaurSaini * Abstract Higher level of education has been proposed to be the strongest and most consistent predictor of good health. The aim of this chapter is to examine the association between education level and cardiovascular mortality in Bist Doab region of Punjab. For collecting primary data, a sample size of 1.5% was selected out of the total 6796 cardiovascular deaths recorded in 2009. A detailed interview schedule was prepared and administered on the family members of the selected 100 deceased persons. The questions pertained to the socio-economic and behavioral aspects of the persons who died from cardiovascular diseases. The results show that education has direct bearing on the economic and behavioural characteristics of the persons dying from cardiovascular ailments in rural Bist Doab. Only 58% of the deceased persons in the sample had received some sort of formal education, while the rest of them (42%) had not attended school at all. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is lower among the male persons with higher educational status and the risk increases with decrease in education. The educational status of women who died from cardiovascular diseases is very low than the men in the selected sample. * Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh