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The wealth gap continues to widen not just in our country, but globally. This wealth gap causes health disparities.The poor is more likely to suffer from chronic health problems and fall into financial hardships trying to pay their medical bills. There needs to be laws implemented to close this gap because it only further divides us as a nation.

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There is a 36 year gap in life expectancy worldwide.

1.  A child born in Malawi can expect to live up to 47 years old.

2. A child born in Japan can expect to live up to 83 years.

3. In Chad, ever 5th child dies before they reach the age of 5.

4. A country in the WHO European Region, the under five mortality rate is 13 out of 1000.

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G. Possible solutions for the wealth gap

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G. Possible solutions for the wealth gap

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1. Laws and policies need to be implemented to attempt to close the gap.

2. Increase taxes for the rich.

3. Establish employee owned companies.

4. Allow employee representatives to sit on company boards.

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1. The national mortality rates for African Americans and Latinos is higher compared to whites, in the US.

2. Native Americans have a lower death rate for heart disease and cancer than whites.

3. But have a high mortality rate due to injuries, flu and pneumonia, diabetes, suicide, and cirrhosis of the liver.

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Racist Government Policies Explain Income Gap Between Blacks

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Stunning Gap In Wealth Between Whites & Blacks

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We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality with your family and friends.

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MoveOn.org teamed up with Demos for an important conversation about race and the economy.

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1. African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans have lower level of education and income, compared to whites.

2. This is part of the reason why there is a wealth gap.

3. Typical white person earns $2 million over their lifetime.

4. Blacks earn $1.5 million in their lifetime and hispanics earn only $1 million in their lifetime.

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1. Food deserts= economically unequal societies that suffer from a lack of readily accessible healthy and affordable food.

2. In 2009, 2.2% of all households in the U.S. were located in food deserts.

3. There is more of an incentive to purchase fatty foods from convenience stores, gas stations, and fast food restaurants; it's cheaper.

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1. People of a low socioeconomic status are more likely to suffer from hypertension, obesity, heart disease, infectious diseases, and mental illnesses.

2. Children are also suffering from health disparities.

3. Over 7.5 children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition each year.

4. More than 1 in 5 American children live below the federal poverty level.

5. Making them more likely to suffer from asthma, obesity, have poorer nutrition, less access to healthcare, and lower vaccination rates.

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1. People who are considered middle class live on $10-20 a day.

2. Which is about $14,600 to $29,200 of an annual income.

3. Right around the range of the official poverty line.

4. On that note, the poor is more likely to fall into financial hardships and less likely to have access to healthcare.

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1. There used to be three levels of income.

2. Upper class, middle class, and lower class.

3. As the economy worsened, the middle class slowly disappeared.

4. The rich became richer and the poor kept getting poorer.