Do the wealthiest countries have the healthiest citizens? It is not necessarily countries who are wealthier overall that always have the best life expectancy rates. Many studies show that the more equitable the distribution of wealth in a country – or the smaller the difference in income between rich and poor people – the healthier the population is. So those countries who have the fairest sharing of income have the best life expectancy, both for people with the highest and lowest incomes.
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