The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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China has a health problem:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-china-chronic-conditions

China has reached a health “tipping point,” with chronic conditions replacing infectious diseases as the leading causes of early deaths in the nation of 1.4 billion people.

Lifestyle changes stemming from rising wealth are behind much of the shift, with stroke, heart disease and lung and liver cancers supplanting lower respiratory diseases and neonatal disorders, according to a joint study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle.

…rapid urbanization, diets with more meat and salt, less physical activity and increased air pollution are making people sick… Stroke, ischemic heart disease, lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and liver cancer are the top five causes of premature death.

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