ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Impact of Income Inequality on Public Health
About authors
1 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
2 Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Tatyana Derstuganova
ul. Popova, d. 30, Ekaterinburg, 620014; ur.rozdanbertopsor.66@mt_avonagutsred
Received: 2013-11-11
Accepted: 2013-12-25
Published online: 2017-01-05
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The impact of income inequality on public health was under study. It was found the relationship between the criminal situation and income inequality of population (the value of the decile coefficient) in sub-federal units of the Russian Federation. There were compared the effects of the value of the decile coefficient and the purchasing power on population mortality rates.
Keywords: a decile coefficient, purchasing power of population, the number of homicides, the number of victims of criminal attacks