First-of-its-kind study examines homeless mortality rates

In what is considered the largest study of its kind to date, a new report gives us a better understanding of the mortality rates for people experiencing homelessness. The study followed 140,000 people experiencing homelessness for 12 years and tracked deaths using social security records. It found that non-elderly homeless people are about 3.5 times more likely to die in any given year when compared to people with housing, meaning if you are 40 and homeless you have the same mortality rate of someone who is 60 and housed. KTVU's Claudine Wong speaks with Angela Wyse, study co-author and PhD candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy about the data.