(DOWNLOAD) "Toward Establishing a Universal Basic Health Norm." by Ethics & International Affairs # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Toward Establishing a Universal Basic Health Norm.
- Author : Ethics & International Affairs
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 280 KB
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Vast improvements in human health have been made during the past century. Indeed, gains in increased life expectancy and reduced physical impediments for much of the population were greater than in any previous century. Yet the gains were not uniform across the world or even within individual countries. The variations in health status among people cannot for the most part be explained through genetic differences. Instead, in most instances the variations in the last century and at the turn of the current century correspond to the variations in the distribution of control over material resources. A cursory overview of the worldwide distribution of health status confirms that there are many who experience a low level of health. Restricting the discussion to mortality as an indicator of health, (1) we find that the distribution of life expectancy can be described in the following way: It is higher than seventy-two years for nearly a to 2 billion people living mostly in wealthy industrial countries, newly rich countries of East Asia, and the upper income class of middle-income, emerging-market, and the rapidly growing developing countries. Nearly 3 to 4 billion people, consisting of the vast majority of people living in middle-income countries, including those of emerging-market economies and the middle class of rapidly growing developing countries, can expect to live sixty to sixty-five years. Life expectancy is below sixty years for nearly 1 billion to 1.5 billion people living mostly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Large groups of people can live beyond the age of seventy-two, but most people currently can improve their health significantly, especially those who expect to live for less than sixty years and those who can expect to live to between sixty and sixty-five years.
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