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Access to financial resources greatly impacts an individual's health. Expensive medical bills exclude those with low income from receiving necessary care. Income also affects health by limiting access to healthy homes, neighborhoods, and parks. Studies show that higher income is associated with longer life expectancy and lower infant mortality rates. The U.S. has the highest infant mortality rates among developed nations, especially for infants born to low-income mothers. Low-income individuals also have higher rates of chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. health disparities and income. An individual's access to financial resources can greatly impact their health. Expensive medical bills filter out people with low income as they are unable to provide the funds for them. A person's income can also affect their health by not having financial access to healthy homes, neighborhoods, parks, etc. According to the National Library of Medicine, income can predict many health outcomes such as life expectancy, infant mortality, chronic disease, and many others. One study showed that income and life expectancy are related. The researchers found that individuals with higher income have a higher life expectancy than those who have a lower income. The life expectancy gap in the richest and poorest 1% of individuals was 10.1 years for women and 14.6 years for men. The same study found that income and infant mortality are related. The researchers found that the United States has the highest infant mortality rates for developed nations. The infant mortality rate is even higher to infants born to mothers with low income. The infants born to mothers with low income also have the highest rates of low birth weight. An article from the National Library of Medicine states that individuals with low income have higher rates of chronic diseases compared to the whole U.S. population. Some of these chronic diseases include heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.