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Probably the largest single cause of ill health throughout the
industrialized world is economic inequality, which has been
growing steadily since 1973. Economic inequality is already
worse in the U.S. than in any other industrialized country, and
is steadily growing.[1]
[1] Alexander Stille, "Grounded by an Income Gap," NEW YORK
TIMES Dec. 15, 2001, pgs. A15, A17.
[2] See REHN #497, #584 AND #654. And see the bibliography in D.
Raphael, INEQUALITY IS BAD FOR OUR HEARTS: WHY LOW INCOME AND
SOCIAL EXCLUSION ARE MAJOR CAUSES OF HEART DISEASE IN CANADA
(Toronto: North York Heart Health Network, 2001). And see, for
example: Ana V. Diez Roux and others, "Neighborhood of Residence
and Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease," NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE Vol. 345, No. 2 (July 12, 2001), pgs. 99-106. And:
Michael Marmot, "Inequalities in Health," NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF
MEDICINE Vol. 345, No. 2 (July 12, 2001), pgs. 134-136. And see
the extensive bibliographies in the following: M. G. Marmot and
Richard G. Wilkinson, editors, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
(Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; ISBN
0192630695); David A. Leon, editor and others, POVERTY,
INEQUALITY AND HEALTH: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (Oxford and
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001; ISBN 0192631969);
Richard Wilkinson, UNHEALTHY SOCIETIES: THE AFFLICTIONS OF
INEQUALITY (New York: Routledge, 1997; ISBN: 0415092353); Norman
Daniels and others, IS INEQUALITY BAD FOR OUR HEALTH? (Boston:
Beacon Press, 2000; ISBN: 0807004472); Ichiro Kawachi, and
others, THE SOCIETY AND POPULATION HEALTH READER: INCOME
INEQUALITY AND HEALTH (New York: New Press, 1999; ISBN:
1565845714); Alvin R. Tarlov, editor, THE SOCIETY AND POPULATION
HEALTH READER, VOLUME 2: A STATE PERSPECTIVE (New York: New
Press, 2000; ISBN 1565845579).
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