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For long time the higher material living standards lead to longer life, as those people were able to get enough food, water and access to warmth. British researchers Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have found higher rates of health and social problems (obesity, mental illness, homicides, teenage births, incarceration, child conflict, drug use) in countries and states with higher inequality. Their research included 24 developed countries, including most U.S. states, and found that in the more developed countries, such as Finland and Japan, the heath issues are much lower than in states with rather higher inequality rates, such as Utah and New Hampshire. Some studies link a surge in "deaths of despair", suicide, drug overdoses and alcohol related deaths, to widening income inequality. '''Conversely, other research did not find these effects or concluded that research suffered from issues of confounding variables. Along with this, researcher Naeem Akram has found that health indicators have a significant impact on long run per-capita GDP values. Studies conveyed that investment in human health capital will have a positive causal relationship with human per capita income levels. '''