The trend in international health inequality
The trend in international health inequality
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00006.x
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发表时间：
2004-03-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Firebaugh, G
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作者：
Goesling, B;Firebaugh, G
169个国家的平均预期寿命估计值被用来计算1980年至2000年国家间健康不平等的趋势。结果表明，各国预期寿命分布的不平等在1980年代有所下降，但在整个1990年代有所增加。最近国家间健康不平等的转变意义重大，因为它扭转了始于20世纪上半叶的国家间不平等下降的长期趋势。各国之间不平等加剧的主要原因是撒哈拉以南非洲的预期寿命下降，主要原因是艾滋病毒/艾滋病。撒哈拉以南非洲的预期寿命是国家间不平等未来趋势的关键。
Estimates of average life expectancy for 169 countries are used to compute the trend in between‐country health inequality from 1980 to 2000. Results show that inequality in the distribution of life expectancy across countries declined in the 1980s, but then increased through the 1990s. The recent turnaround in between‐country health inequality is significant because it reverses a long‐term trend of declining inequality across countries that began in the first half of the twentieth century. The primary cause of rising inequality across countries is declining life expectancy in sub‐Saharan Africa, largely owing to HIV/AIDS. Life expectancy in sub‐Saharan Africa holds the key to the future trend in between‐country inequality.