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Inequalities in Mortality in the Asia-Pacific: A Cross-National Comparison of Socioeconomic Gradients.

Kim Qinzi XuJessica Yi Han AwCollin F Payne
Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2024)
Analyzing social gradients in mortality in the Asia-Pacific shows that inequalities, especially wealth-based inequalities, in later-life health are present across the region, and that the magnitude of social gradients in mortality is overall larger in high-income countries as compared to middle-income countries.
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