Open AccessHealth and Social Conditions of the Poorest Versus Wealthiest Counties in the United States
Author(s) -
Olivia Egen,
Kate E. Beatty,
David J. Blackley,
Katie Brown,
Randy Wykoff
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303515
Subject(s) - life expectancy , poverty , socioeconomic status , psychological intervention , demography , public health , environmental health , socioeconomics , geography , economic growth , gerontology , medicine , population , sociology , economics , nursing , psychiatry
To more clearly articulate, and more graphically demonstrate, the impact of poverty on various health outcomes and social conditions by comparing the poorest counties to the richest counties in the United States and to other countries in the world.