Abstract The Cities and Health journal sees its launch in 2017. Looking back over half a
century of growth and global expansion in economic activity, although there have been …

Urbanization promotes economy, mobility, access, and availability of resources, but on the
other hand, generates higher levels of pollution, violence, crime, and mental distress. The …

Objectives. To document the evolution of the US life expectancy disadvantage and regional
variation across the US states. Methods. I obtained life expectancy estimates in 2022 from …

Objectives To examine trends in inequality in life expectancy and age-specific death rates
across 40 US spatial units from 1990 to 2016. Methods We use multiple cause-of-death data …

Background Low socioeconomic position is consistently associated with increased risk of
premature death. The aim of this study is to measure the aggregate scale of inequality in …

The size of global urban population has increased exponentially since the advent of the
industrial revolution, with urban centers attracting large numbers of workers and families …

Background Although socioeconomic inequality in cardiovascular health has long been a
public health focus, the differences in cardiovascular-disease burden and mortality between …

Abstract Background The United States health care debate has focused on the nation's
uniquely high rates of lack of insurance and poor health outcomes relative to other high …

Background Since 2010, large reductions in funding for local government services have
been introduced in England. These reductions in funding have potentially led to reduced …

Background Large disparities in mortality exist across racial–ethnic groups and by location
in the USA, but the extent to which racial–ethnic disparities vary by location, or how these …