Health Equity & Social Determinants
Built to Break: How Income Inequality and Housing Instability Drive Urban Disease Burden in the United States
A comprehensive review of 2024 epidemiological literature confirms that socioeconomic conditions—particularly income inequality and housing instability—remain powerful independent predictors of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and mental health morbidity in US urban populations. Current public health interventions demonstrate limited efficacy in addressing these upstream determinants, reflecting a persistent gap between clinical intervention paradigms and the structural forces shaping ur