Global health inequalities: an international comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study cross-national inequalities in mortality of adults and of children aged <5 years using a novel approach, with clustering techniques to stratify countries into mortality groups (better-off, worse-off, mid-level) and to examine risk factors associated with inequality.

Design, setting and participants

Analysis of data from the World Development Indicators 2003 database, compiled by the World Bank.

Main outcome measures

Adult and child mortality among countries placed into distinct mortality categories by cluster analysis.

Results

29 countries had a high adult mortality (mean 584/1000; range 460/1000 to 725/1000) and 23 had a high child mortality (mean 207/1000, range 160/1000 to 316/1000). All these countries were in western and sub-Saharan Afri

SUBMITTER: Ruger JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2465481 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature