Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities

Tugwell, Peter and Robinson, Vivian and Morris, Erin (2007) Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities. In Proceedings Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities, pages 1-36, University of California - Santa Cruz.

Abstract

Health inequalities both between and within countries persist, for almost all
diseases and health problems. Between countries, both average life
expectancy and child mortality have improved more in the richest countries
than the poorest (Marmot 2007). Within countries, progress on redressing
health inequalities is uneven, and data are not always available over time.
Analysis of 22 countries with available data found that only five of 22 countries
reduced health inequalities in childhood mortality across income from 1995 to
2000 (Moser 2005).
Health inequalities are differences in health across population groups defined
by socioeconomic, demographic, or geographic factors. These factors can be
summarized using the acronym PROGRESS: Place of residence (urban/rural),
Race/ethnicity, Occupation, Gender, Religion, Education, Socioeconomic
status, and Social capital/resources (Evans and Brown 2003).