implications of a given year’s mortality rates, reveal a peak in inequality followed (in 3 of the 4 countries) by appreciable …The measurement of inequality is often made using observed population-based distributions, such as the distribution of … income or the distribution of members of different groups across neighborhoods. Unfortunately, such distributions confound …

We examined the concordance of income inequality trends with 30-year US regional trends in cause-specific mortality and … 100-year trends in heart disease and infant mortality. The evidence suggests that any effects of income inequality on … income inequality does indeed drive population health, it implies that income inequality would have to be linked and de …

This paper presents a toolkit for measuring and analyzing inter-individual inequality in length of life by Gini … coefficient. Gini coefficient and four other inequality measures are defined on the length-of-life distribution. Properties of … these measures and their empirical testing on mortality data suggest a possibility for different judgements about the …

relatively short duration. In contrast, such factors as unemployment, wife's high income, and living in a rented dwelling were …