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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Health Status > Health Inequities
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Health Inequities
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Health Inequities
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Health Status > Health Inequities

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Health Inequities  

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  • Differences in health status or in the distribution of health resources between different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.(https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/health-inequities-and-their-causes#:~:text=Health%20inequities%20are%20differences%20in,right%20mix%20of%20government%20policies.)

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