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Public health and the public agenda

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  • Kevin Thurm

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This paper was presented as the distinguished address at the conference \\"Unequal incomes, unequal outcomes? Economic inequality and measures of well-being.\\" The conference was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on May 7, 1999. The author examines health issues, observing that infant mortality rates for African-Americans are twice as high as they are for white Americans; Chinese-Americans are four to five times more likely to suffer from liver cancer than other Americans; and Latinos and Native Americans develop diabetes at a rate twice and three times the U.S. average, respectively.

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  • Kevin Thurm, 1999. "Public health and the public agenda," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 5(Sep), pages 43-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednep:y:1999:i:sep:p:43-47:n:v.5no.3
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    1. Helje Kaldaru & Kaie Kerem & Andres Vırk, 2004. "Health as Factor of Economic Growth: the Estonian Case," Working Papers 110, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology.

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