International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:292-293
© International Epidemiological Association 2001
Special Theme: Socioeconomic Differentials in Health |
Commentary: Socioeconomic health differentials
Department of Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine: Charing Cross, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK. E-mail: d.blane@ic.ac.uk
The present issues of the IJE contain eight reports of socioeconomic differences in health. These articles illustrate a number of traditional themes and point to new directions. The papers come from a range of countries—Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, The Netherlands, Scotland and Sweden—thereby demonstrating once again1,2 the ubiquity of socioeconomic inequalities in health, at least in the rich countries of the world.
These inequalities are maintained over time against a background of generally improving health. Turrell and Mathers3 report falling mortality rates combined with socioeconomic mortality differentials which widen or narrow somewhat, by age group and gender, but which remain a pervasive characteristic of the population's health. The Black Report4
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