Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England
JAMAPublished 2 May 2006
James Banks, Michael Marmot, Zoë Oldfield, James P. Smith
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The US population in late middle age is less healthy than the equivalent British population for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, lung disease, and cancer.
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Based on self-reported illnesses and biological markers of disease, US residents are much less healthy than their English counterparts and these differences exist at all points of the SES distribution.
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