Priority Health Conditions and Global Life Expectancy Disparities
This cross-sectional study suggests that a limited number of causes account for most life expectancy disparities. Together with current information on risk factors, interventions, and morbidity not yet reflected in life expectancy, the varying contributions of these causes to gaps in life expectancy can help focus health policy and guide interventions to reduce risk factors and treat conditions.
Authors
- Sarah Bolongaita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-0454)
- Dean T. Jamison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4387-6064)
- Angela Y. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-3588)
- Wenhui Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9214-7787)
- Ole Frithjof Norheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5748-5956)
- Omar Karlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7201-7595)
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Lund University (SE)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12198
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Lunds Universitet
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development