良好的工作能促进身心健康,但不良的工作环境也会对健康造成损害。健康状况不佳会减少获得或保住工作的机会,失业又会进一步加重健康损害。近几年来,如仅以期望寿命为测量指标,各国人群健康水平在全社会层面都有了显著改善,但却出现健康状况的不平等现象,如在英格兰和威尔士,最贫困地区的15～64岁男性,其死亡率是最富裕地区的2.5倍。 Good work can promote physical and mental health, but poor working conditions can also cause health damage. Poor health will reduce the chances of getting or holding a job, and unemployment will further exacerbate health damage. In recent years, if only life expectancy is the measurement target, the health standards of people in all countries have significantly improved at the society level, but there are inequalities in health status. For example, in England and Wales, the poorest regions of 15 to 64 Old men, whose death rate is 2.5 times the richest in the region.