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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Gender inequality and healthcare

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Figure 8. Association between unemployment rate and human immunodeficiency virus incidence for males (A) and females (B)

Figure 9. Association between self-employment and life expectancy by gender

average mortality for females is higher than that for women in schools often leads to lower mortality rates
males. In high-income regions where gender parity is the from cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), cancer, diabetes, or
highest, the average mortality for males and females is chronic respiratory disease (CRD), except for Africa and
relatively lower. There is a negative association between the Asia, where this could be a result of cultural differences.
gender parity index in school enrollment and the average Table S3 summarizes the findings of Figures 1–15,
mortality for males and females. Higher enrollment of highlighting their respective hypothesis, research

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