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Last updated Poverty is often cited as contributing to poor health. Now, in an unusual approach, researchers have calculated how many people poverty kills and presented their findings, along with an argument that social factors can cause death the same way that behaviour like smoking cigarettes does.
In an article published online for the June 16 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, scientists calculated the number of deaths attributable to each of six social factors, including low income./.../
Study examines deaths linked to poverty Social factors linked to poverty contribute to death the same way as certain behaviors such as smoking, according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers examined the effects of six social factors including income level, limited education level and social support. Individual poverty caused 133,000 deaths in the year 2000, while 156,000 die annually from lung cancer, researchers reported. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/4)
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