period 1950–2015. We use data on life tables from World Population Prospects to develop a comprehensive database of a battery … reduction that can be largely attributed to the substantial progress made in reducing child mortality worldwide. We also observe … a degree of heterogeneity in the distributional patters of inequality in length of life across world regions …

Indicators 2003 database, compiled by the World Bank. Main outcome measures: Adult and child mortality among countries placed …Objective: To study cross-national inequalities in mortality of adults and of children aged <5 years using a novel … approach, with clustering techniques to stratify countries into mortality groups (better-off, worse-off, mid-level) and to …

Background: A world divided by health inequalities poses ethical challenges for global health. International and … assistance. It endorses the more robust concept of ''human flourishing'' and the desire to live in a world where all people have …

political spectrum wanted mortality and healthcare to be distributed more evenly among the rich and poor than they estimated …