The link between mortality and socioeconomic status has echoed through the ages, and was graphically captured by the Preston curve, which showed the relation between life expectancy and income per person at the country level.¹ The Global Burden of Disease Study, which generates global trends in mortality, uses the predictive relation between socioeconomic status and mortality to help fill information gaps in estimates at the regional and country levels.²

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死亡率和社会经济地位：贫困与健康不良之间的恶性循环

死亡率和社会经济地位之间的联系随着年龄的增长而回响，并通过普雷斯顿曲线以图形方式捕获，该曲线显示了国家一级的预期寿命与人均收入之间的关系。¹全球疾病负担研究产生了全球死亡率趋势，利用社会经济状况与死亡率之间的预测关系来帮助填补区域和国家一级估计中的信息空白。^2个