Growing work demonstrates social gradients in infant mortality within countries. However, few studies have compared the magnitude of these inequalities cross-nationally. Even fewer have assessed the determinants of social inequalities in infant mortality across countries. This study provides a...

A burial ground or graveyard is an integral part of any city. According to Max Weber, the city in the Occident was a unitary urban community, and that a common burial ground was one of the prerequisites for it. In the Orient, such an urban community never existed since the prerequisites for this...

Accidental drug overdose is a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Using a multilevel case-control study we previously have shown that neighborhood-level income inequality may be an important determinant of overdose death independent of individual-level factors. Here we hypothesized...

Household financial debt in America has risen dramatically in recent years. While there is evidence that debt is associated with adverse psychological health, its relationship with other health outcomes is relatively unknown. We investigate the associations of multiple indices of financial debt...

Background: Annually, more than 379 000 motorcycle occupants across the world die in motor-vehicle collisions-84% of these fatalities occurred in Low- and Middle-Income countries. Recent studies suggest that the Uber's four-wheeler ride-sharing service (UberCAR) may reduce traffic fatalities....

Based on over a thousand interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, this work is an account of how the conditions of work threaten children, women and men, and the infirm. It addresses problems faced by working families in industrialized and developing...