Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries

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• [View PDF] - Figure 1a Income inequality and life expectancy at birth among Italian regions (n = 20). Data are weighted by population size and adjusted for gross domestic product per capita [r(crude) = -0.607, p < 0.005; r(adjusted for per capita income) = -0.934, p = 0.011; r(weighted by population size) = -0.658, p = 0.001].

  Figure 1b Economic development and life expectancy at birth among Italian regions (n = 20). Data are weighted by population size.

  Figure 1c Association between educational attainment and life expectancy at birth among Italian regions (n = 20). Data are weighted by population size.

  Figure 2 Income inequality and life expectancy at birth among industrialised countries (n = 21). Data are from the United Nations Development Program�s human development indicators published in 2003.30 The correlation presented in the figure is weighted by population size and adjusted for per capita gross domestic product (GDP) [r(crude) = -0.415; p = 0.65; r(adjusted for per capita GDP) = -0.433, p = 0.065; r(weighted by population size) = -0.907, p <_0.001. p="p">