Comparisons mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001:

September 16, 2009 3:00 PM | No Comments
In this week’s BMJ we find that despite all the medical, public health, social, economic, and political changes over the 20th century, patterns of poverty and mortality and the relations between them remain firmly entrenched. There is a strong relation between the mortality levels of a century ago and those of today. This goes beyond what would have been expected from the continuing relation between deprivation and mortality and holds true for most major modern causes of death. Comment. Most of these deaths are related to chronic diseases and individual behaviors, which have always had an adverse impact on low income groups that have had poorer education

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