Wealth and health

• How does wealth and health link?

  • Better health care
  • More doctors being trained
  • Better treatment
  • Low infant mortality
  • Longer life expectancy
  • More knowledge against diseases
• How does uneven development lead to disparities in wealth?

  The most developed countries have the greatest wealth
• Low income countries

  • 4 in every 10 deaths are among children under 15 and 2 in every 10 deaths are among people aged 70 and over

  
  

  • Infectious diseases are the main cause of death: HIV/AIDS

  
  

  • Complications of childbirth are one of the main causes
• High income countries

  • 7 in every 10 deaths are amongst people aged 70 and over

  
  

  • Lung infections are the only infectious cause of death

  
  

  • 1 in every 100 deaths is among children under 15

  
  

  • Main causes of death are chronic diseases: cancer, dementia