Health gap widens in US, narrows in China

　　In the United States and China the rich tend to be healthier than the poor, but in China the gap is narrowing, unlike in the United States, researchers found.

　　Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Chicago analyzed data collected from more than 7,000 adults in China in the course of 13 years to track changes in the health of the study participants.

　　The study found that the health gap between people of high and low socioeconomic status in China increased significantly over their lifetime.

　　"This reflects the cumulative disadvantage of the lower socioeconomic classes, who have less access to medical care, nutrition and other health-related factors over time" lead author Feinian Chen of North Carolina State said in a statement. "This finding is consistent with similar studies done recently on the US population."

　　The health gap between the advantaged and the disadvantaged has shrunk with each successive (Chinese) generation, Chen said.

　　"This is the exact opposite of what has been found in studies of the US population, where the health gap has been shown to widen with each generation," Chen said.

　　The findings are published in the American Sociological Review.

　　健康差距，中国缩小美国拉大

　　美国合众国际社3月17日文章，原题：健康差距，中国缩小美国拉大  在美国和中国，富人通常比穷人更健康，但研究人员发现，中国的穷人富人之间的健康差距和美国不一样，正在缩小。

　　北卡罗来纳州州立大学和芝加哥大学的研究人员以中国7000多人为研究对象，对13年的跟踪数据进行汇总和分析。研究发现，在中国，社会经济地位高和底人群间的健康差距在其一生中会不断增大。

　　“这反映了较低社会经济阶层的累积劣势，从长期上看，这些人在医疗、营养和其他与健康相关的因素上都弱一些，”该研究的主要执笔人、北卡州立大学的陈飞年（音）在一次陈述中说，“这项发现与近期在美国进行的类似研究相一致。”优势人群和劣势人群的健康差距在中国代与代之间已经减少。陈说：“这恰恰与在美国进行研究所得的结果相反。在美国，代与代之间的健康差距在拉大。”

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