Savage_Inequalities

Savage Inequalities In our society, one’s social class, race, ethnicity, gender and age all play a vital role in determining their health status. Social class is directly related to one’s health. The lower classes tend to have higher rates of mortality and disability. The low-income families, suffer from crowded living conditions, poor diet and stress, which all contribute to many illnesses. The middle-to-upper class families face fewer health issues, because they’re better able to afford proper health care. Race and ethnicity are another reason why minorities face many health related problems. African-Americans have higher death rates due to cancer, pneumonia, and diabetes. Racial tensions also contribute to medical problems of blacks. As in stress, it health, class, status, problems, one’s, illnesses, face, ethnicity, contribute, age, women, they’re, stress, social, related, rates, racial, race, mortality, higher, high, gender, families, determining, classes, another, social, yet, vulnerable, vital, visual, turn, troubled, treatment