The lower the income, the worse the health status. Those who earn little die sooner.
The link between health and income is clear in data from the European statistical office Eurostat, according to a current assessment by the eco-social Momentum Institute on the occasion of World Health Day on Friday.
In the wealthiest fifth, 3.5 percent of Austrian workers report having a “poor” or “very poor” health condition. There are four times as many in the fifth lowest income group, at around 14 percent. By comparison, 82 percent of the richest quintile have “good” or “very good” health status. In fifth place with the lowest incomes, only 62 percent can claim this – a difference of 20 percentage points.
Those who live in poor neighborhoods die earlier
The data on the average life expectancy in combination with the average net wage per district of Vienna paint a clear picture. People living in the 1st district have the highest life expectancy at 82.7 years. On average people in the city center earn 2470 euros net per month.
Residents of Floridsdorf have the lowest life expectancy at 74.5 years and a net income of 1670 euros per month. On average, this is a difference of just over eight years in terms of age at death and 800 euros in terms of net income.
Source: Krone
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