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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. [16] [18] The cost of housing is a huge detriment to physical health.
Within low-income communities in the US, there is reduced access to environments that promote physical activity including parks, recreational facilities, and gyms. [20] Only about one in five homes in low-income areas have parks within a half-mile distance, and about the same number have a fitness or recreation center within that distance. [21]
The authors found that the mortality rates for each of the three respective diseases were greater by a factor of 1.36, 1.26, and 1.60, in areas of higher inequality compared to lower inequality areas of similar income. [15] Across areas of differing income and constant income inequality, the rate of death due to CVD, CHD and stroke was ...
Roughly one out of every eight pharmacies closed between 2009 and 2015, which disproportionately affected independent pharmacies and low-income neighborhoods, according to a study published in the ...
[full citation needed] [1] The challenges of urban areas, such as high population density, crowding, unsuitable living conditions, and little social support, provide a special challenge to disabled people and populations in low and middle income countries (Frumkin et al., 2004). [full citation needed] [1]
Food deserts are generally defined as regions that lack access to supermarkets and affordable, healthy foods, particularly in low-income communities. [1] According to the USDA's most recent report on food access, as of 2017, approximately 39.5 million people - 12.9% of the US population - lived in low-income and low food access.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of tropical infections that are common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. [2] They are caused by a variety of pathogens , such as viruses , bacteria , protozoa , and parasitic worms ( helminths ).
Rank County Per capita income Median household income Median family income Population Number of households 1 Collin: $42,220 $83,889 $84,306 782,341 181,970