Studies over the past decades have consistently shown inequalities in health status among socioeconomic groups, gender, ethnicity, geographical area and other measures associated with social determinates, which influence health notoriously[1-3]. Social determinants such as occupation, education, life style, basic general terms, economic circumstances affect the health of the population in different generations over decades[4]. Inequalities may even adversely affect health status as shown in animal models[5]. Income inequality has been shown to correlates with health status in different countriesamenities, house overcrowding and in different contries.
“Talking about ‘health inequality’ in public health implicitly denotes ‘socioeconomic inequality in health'[7]. The distinction between ‘inequity’ and ‘inequality’ in health is rather a philosophic dilemma (theories of ‘justice’ and ‘society’)[8]. To acknowledge the importance of striving for equity -in particular health equity-, it is necessary to know how extensive are the differentials in health and its determinants found in the Globe today. In every part of the world, and in every type of political and social system, differences in health have been noted between different social groups in the population and between different geographical areas in the same country
There is consistent evidence that disadvantaged groups have poorer survival chances, dying at a younger age than more favoured groups. For example, a child born to professional parents in the United Kingdom, can expect to live over 5 years longer than a child born into an unskilled manual household.[10] According to the final report by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH),
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