Medical Xpress April 19, 2023
While evidence has long shown that higher income inequality is associated with poorer population health outcomes, a new study from researchers at the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences suggests this association may vary based on other factors. In fact, socioeconomic status as well as geography (rural-urban status) play a role when it comes to life expectancy—but not necessarily in the way you might think.
The study, published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, found that while the association between life expectancy and income inequality was negative in most areas, this was not a given in all instances. In fact, in high-income areas with higher income inequality, life expectancy was higher than in high-income areas with...
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