Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the … despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In contrast, average mortality for middle-aged men and women … continued to decrease in several other high-income countries including Germany. However, average mortality rates can disguise …

effect of income inequality on mortality rates for men and women in a subset of OECD countries over nearly six decades from … 1950–2008. Using adult mortality rates at aged sixty-five as the outcome measure of mortality, the latest available data on … the relationship. The findings show that income inequality has a negative effect on mortality rates for both men and women …