Poor Sanitation, Deaths, and Regional Inequality in Twentieth-Century Chile

Manuel Llorca-Jaña; Javier Rivas; Daniel Morales-Campos

doi:10.1162/jinh_a_02037

Poor Sanitation, Deaths, and Regional Inequality in Twentieth-Century Chile

Manuel Llorca-Jaña
, Javier Rivas
, Daniel Morales-Campos

Faculty of Liberal Arts

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Although Chile experienced a rapid epidemiological transition, high mortality linked to waterborne diseases persisted. The prevention of gastrointestinal illnesses was expensive, so mortality rates varied across geographical areas. The public expenditure on sanitation was insufficient and distributed unevenly across Chile. Before the late 1960s, the probability of dying from diarrhea could be up to twelve times higher in rural areas than in urban regions, which were better equipped with sanitation infrastructure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-207
Number of pages	27
Journal	Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_02037
State	Published - 24 Jan 2025

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