RESUMO
Disparity in relation of ecological conditions and health concerns to the general differences in environmental conditions and in large extent is stipulated by socio-economic and demographic differences in the impact of its hazards. In addition to differences in the impact the inequality in relation of ecological conditions and health can also be caused by social or demographic differences in exposure to certain risks. This article offers an assessment of the evidence and data on differences in the impact of the environment in the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) received during the recent work of the European Regional Office of WHO. The obtained results testify that socio-demographic disparity in the impact of the environment exists in all countries. Such inequality can be seen in respect of a variety offactors, such as age, gender income level, or on the contrary, poverty, education and employment, household type, location of the home.