<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Diseases of affluence</italic> (<italic>of the</italic> 21st c.) by definition should have higher prevalence and/or mortality rates in richer and more developed countries than in poorer, underdeveloped states (where <italic>diseases of poverty</italic> are more common). Therefore, it has been indicated that it is civilizational progress that makes us sick. On the other hand, substantial financial resources, highly qualified medical personnel, and the cutting-edge technology of richer states, should allow for effective preventions, diagnostics, and treatment of diseases <italic>of poverty</italic> and <italic>of affluence</italic>. Therefore, a dilemma arises: is progress making us sick or curing us? To evaluate the influence of country socioeconomic and technological development on population health, a spatial analysis of the epidemiology of diseases of affluence and distribution of economic resources for European NUTS 2 has been performed. The main aim of this paper is to assess, how regional diversity in the prevalence of diseases of affluence is related to the regional development of regions.</p></abstract>

Diseases of affluence (of the 21st c.) by definition should have higher prevalence and/or mortality rates in richer and more developed countries than in poorer, underdeveloped states (where diseases of poverty are more common). Therefore, it has been indicated that it is civilizational progress that makes us sick. On the other hand, substantial financial resources, highly qualified medical personnel, and the cutting-edge technology of richer states, should allow for effective preventions, diagnostics, and treatment of diseases of poverty and of affluence. Therefore, a dilemma arises: is progress making us sick or curing us? To evaluate the influence of country socioeconomic and technological development on population health, a spatial analysis of the epidemiology of diseases of affluence and distribution of economic resources for European NUTS 2 has been performed. The main aim of this paper is to assess, how regional diversity in the prevalence of diseases of affluence is related to the regional development of regions.

Spatial Approach to Diseases of Affluence Epidemiology and Regional Economic Development

University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Spatial Economics, Department of Spatial Econometrics, 37 Rewolucji 1905 r. Street, 90-214 Łódź,

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Diseases of affluence (of the 21st c.) by definition should have higher prevalence and/or mortality rates in richer and more developed countries than in...

Spatial Approach to Diseases of Affluence Epidemiology and Regional Economic Development

Published Online: Apr 04, 2017

Page range: 203 - 218

Received: Jan 04, 2016

Accepted: Oct 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2016-0035

Keywords
diseases of affluence, health, socioeconomic development, spatial autocorrelation, spatial econometric model

© 2016 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spatial Approach to Diseases of Affluence Epidemiology and Regional Economic Development

Published Online: Apr 04, 2017

Page range: 203 - 218

Received: Jan 04, 2016

Accepted: Oct 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2016-0035

Keywordsdiseases of affluence, health, socioeconomic development, spatial autocorrelation, spatial econometric model

© 2016 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diseases of affluence, health, socioeconomic development, spatial autocorrelation, spatial econometric model