The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

Chronic diseases killing people younger in emerging markets:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/world/asia/chronic-diseases-are-killing-more-in-poorer-countries.html

Chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are rising fast in low- and middle-income countries, striking far younger populations than in rich countries… Deaths from chronic diseases have risen by more than 50 percent in low- and middle-income countries over the past two decades, according to [a] report by the Council on Foreign Relations.

…Working-age people in poorer countries have little access to preventive care and more exposure to health risks, such as air pollution, poor nutrition and lax antismoking laws, than their counterparts in rich countries, and are more likely to develop a chronic disease. In lower-income countries in particular, about 40 percent of the deaths from chronic diseases occur in people younger than 60, compared with 13 percent in rich countries.

If the trend continues unabated, it could have far-reaching consequences…[LOL—no kidding].

I first posted about this subject almost eleven years ago in #msg-2934280.