In early 2015, the US city of Baltimore erupted. The precipitant of the eruption was the killing
of a Black man in police custody; actually, one more killing of a Black man by police. 1 But …

Human health has probably improved more over the past half century than over the previous
three millennia. This is a stunning achievement Ð never to be repeated and, it is to be …

The world we live in is hugely unequal, not only in terms of in-come and wealth, but also in
terms of life-span and health. What makes it worse is that the two are correlated: people who …

John Lynch a and George Davey Smith ba Department of Epidemiology and Institute for
Social Research, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 …

It is well known that social, cultural and economic factors cause substantial inequalities in
health. Should we strive to achieve a more even share of good health, beyond improving the …

In vol. 77, issue no. 7 of theBulletin, published in July 1999, Murray, Gakidou, & Frenk (1)
recommend assessing ''health inequalities''by categorizing individuals only according to …

Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ 08544, USA. E-mail: deaton@ princeton. edu health. If life expectancy were linear in …

In this glossary, the authors address eight key questions pertinent to health inequalities:(1)
What is the distinction between health inequality and health inequity?;(2) Should we assess …

Marked health inequities exist between regions, between countries, and within countries.
Reducing these inequities in health requires attention to the unfair distribution of power …

Although average mortality has fallen over the past 50 years, unacceptable inequalities in
health persist. For many measures of health, inequalities have either remained the same or …