The Cause of death: Inequality article written by author Alejandro Reuss discuss the relationship between social inequality and health, comparison of the health dangers in lower and higher-income families, Health inequality in the United States; Comparison of the life expectancy .
It’s a very well
written article. It details even the orders of the rich among themselves. Even the affluent can suffer as much as the underprivileged
when it comes to health issues because of stress related issues.
Now an interesting
study showed that “the more unequal the income distribution in a country, state, city etc, the
lower the life expectancy for people at all income levels.” That’s a scary
thought. One would think it would be in everyone’s best interest to help those
at the lower end of the scale.
I won't be surprised to
find those in the lower incomes suffer from higher heart disease due to
inability to eat more nutritious meals, afford proper healthcare or
poor health habits such as smoking or lack of exercise, however; it’s not
limited to just the poor.
Infectious diseases kill 1/3 worldwide; AIDS is top cause of death in developing region
 Worldwide, one death in three is from an infectious or communicable disease, such as HIV/AIDS. However, almost all these deaths occur in the non-industrialized world. Health inequality effects not just how people live, but often dictates how and at what age they die.
The pie graphs show the different causes of death between regions of the world defined by the WHO as high and low mortality regions. These areas correspond closely with the non-industrialized and industrialized parts of the world. As the graph shows, the majority of people in high-mortality countries die of communicable diseases, while in low-mortality countries deaths are due largely to non-communicable diseases.
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