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The largest three poverty-related diseases (PRDs)—AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis—account for 18% of diseases in poor countries. [56] The disease burden of treatable childhood diseases in high-mortality, poor countries is 5.2% in terms of disability-adjusted life years but just 0.2% in the case of advanced countries. [56]
Obesity is associated with poverty due to lack of infrastructure that supports a healthy lifestyle. [17] Often, poverty-areas do not have places to walk or get healthy food nearby, and they are bombarded with unhealthy promotions like cigarettes, alcohol, and fast food. [17] High-poverty areas also had higher death rates than low-poverty areas ...
Along with these social conditions, "Gender, education, occupation, income, ethnicity, and place of residence are all closely linked to people's access to, experiences of, and benefits from health care." [1] Social determinants of disease can be attributed to broad social forces such as racism, gender inequality, poverty, violence, and war. [4]
Some 12 million Americans live with diseases associated with extreme poverty. [158] Poverty may be fueling the Obesity epidemic, with the poorest states, counties and neighborhoods having the highest death rates from heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other diseases related to obesity. [159]
However, in the developed world, diseases that are associated with poverty are often not addressed comprehensively. This may be due to a lack of economic incentives and public policy failings. A lack of awareness prevents effective policy generation and leaves healthcare services unequipped to address the issue.
Reducing poverty and economic inequality in the UK should be an “urgent public health necessity” as these are “toxic” to mental and physical health, a report warns.
Social conditions have a significant influence on the health of people. [77] The social determinants of undernutrition mainly include poor education, poverty, disease burden and lack of women's empowerment. [78] Identifying and addressing these determinants can eliminate undernutrition in the long term. [78]
The poverty smell. There’s just a smell associated with poverty that can’t be described. I’ll be in public and pick up a whiff and I’m instantly transported back to my childhood/teen years.