Inequality and Health
A Quantitative Approach
©2026
Monographs
XVI,
76 Pages
Summary
Economic inequality is one of the defining challenges of our time, with profound consequences on health. Inequality and Health: A Quantitative Approach examines the connections between socioeconomic disparities and health outcomes across continents, combining general pathology with the physics of complex systems. Drawing on international data, the book traces the rise of chronic disease, the growing crisis of national health systems, and the impact of diet, pollution, and climate change on the most vulnerable populations. Comparing countries as different as Italy, the United States, and Brazil, the authors show how deeply social and economic conditions shape the health of citizens. Through a rigorous yet accessible quantitative analysis, they navigate a vast landscape of statistics, from life expectancy trends to healthcare spending, to reveal what the data tell us about the state of global health and what needs to change to make well-being accessible to all.
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Health today
- 1.1 What do people die from, in Italy and in the world?
- 1.2 Disease prevention and personalized medicine
- Chapter 2 Economic inequality
- 2.1 How to measure inequality
- 2.2 Inequality over time
- Chapter 3 Italy and the United States: a striking comparison
- 3.1 The United States of America as the engine of cutting-edge research
- 3.2 Is all that glitters gold? A comparison on health between Italy and the United States
- Chapter 4 Health inequality in different continents: Europe and the Americas
- 4.1 Inequality and health in Europe
- 4.2 The case of Brazil
- Chapter 5 Determinants of health inequality
- 5.1 Inequality starts from what we eat
- 5.2 The crisis of the Italian national health service
- 5.3 The globalization of diseases and the effects of climate change
- 5.4 Heatwaves and their impact on health inequalities in Italy and in the world
- Outlook
- Bibliography
Details
- Pages
- XVI, 76
- Publication Year
- 2026
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783034368728
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783034368735
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783034368711
- DOI
- 10.3726/b24033
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2026 (September)
- Keywords
- Health inequality socioeconomic disparities public health chronic disease epidemiology life expectancy healthcare systems climate change quantitative analysis complex systems Italy United States Brazil food and health digital medicine Inequality and Health Caterina A.M. La Porta Stefano Zapperi
- Published
- Lausanne, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, New York, Oxford, 2026. xvi, 76 pp., 34 fig. b/w.
- Product Safety
- Peter Lang Group AG
