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10636372

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9195
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the relation between infant mortality rates, gross national product, and income distribution. Our findings support the hypothesis that average measures of population health are influenced by the distribution of income within societies.
pubmed:keyword
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
354
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2047
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: This re-assessment study examined the relation between infant mortality rates, gross national product (GNP), and income distribution using high-quality income distribution data from 23 poor countries (per capita GNP US$1000) and 15 richer countries (per capita GNP $1000). Data from 1970 was used to fit the model equation and then validate the model with the two sets of data for 1990. On the basis of model fit, relation between infant mortality rates, GNP per head, and income distribution was nonlinear rates. In the process of validating the model with 1990 data from 26 countries on the GNP per head and the Gini coefficient, predictions for infant mortality rates in 1990 were in close agreement with the true values (r = 0.89 with the Gini coefficient data for 26 countries; and r = 0.91 with the Gini coefficient data for 94 countries). In both models, infant mortality was negatively associated GNP per head, and positively associated with income inequality; these relation were all highly significant. In conclusion, the findings suggest that in poor countries (per capita GNP US$1000) a substantial reduction in infant mortality rate may be possible by decreasing income inequality or increasing GNP per head. In rich countries, reduction of income inequality was likely to be more effective in lowering infant mortality rates than further increases in GNP per head would be.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
National infant mortality rates in relation to gross national product and distribution of income.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Comparative Study