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Crude death rate by country
Crude death rate by country

Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in some population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year; thus, a mortality rate of 9. 5 in a population of 100,000 would mean 950 deaths per year in that entire population. It is distinct from morbidity rate, which refers to the number of individuals who have contracted a disease during a given time period (the incidence rate) or the number who currently have that disease (the prevalence rate), scaled to the size of the population. In Medicine, Epidemiology and Actuarial science, the term morbidity can refer to the state of poor health (from Latin

One distinguishes:

  1. The crude death rate, the total number of deaths per 1000 people.
  2. The perinatal mortality rate, the sum of neonatal deaths and fetal deaths (stillbirths) per 1,000 births. Perinatal mortality (PNM also perinatal death, refers to the death of a Fetus or Neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal Mortality
  3. The maternal mortality rate, the number of maternal deaths due to childbearing per 100,000 live births. Maternal death, or maternal mortality, also "obstetrical death" is the Death of a woman during or shortly after a Pregnancy.
  4. The infant mortality rate, the number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per thousand live births. Infant mortality is defined as the number of deaths of Infants (one year of age or younger per 1000 live births
  5. The child mortality rate, the number of deaths of children less than 5 year old per thousand live births. Child mortality refers to the death of infants and children under the age of five
  6. The standardised mortality rate (SMR) or age-specific mortality rate (ASMR) - This refers to the total number of deaths per 1000 people of a given age (e. Standardized mortality ratio (indirect age adjustment is often used when numbers of deaths for each age-specific stratum are not available g. 16-65 or 65+).

In regard to the success or failure of medical treatment or procedures, one would also distinguish:

  1. The early mortality rate, the total number of deaths in the early stages of an ongoing treatment, or in the period immediately following an acute treatment. Failure ( fail, phail or flop) in general refers to the state or Condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental
  2. The late mortality rate, the total number of deaths in the late stages of an ongoing treatment, or a significant length of time after an acute treatment.

Note that the crude death rate as defined above and applied to a whole population of people can give a misleading impression. For example, the number of deaths per 1000 people can be higher for developed nations than in less-developed countries, despite standards of health being better in developed countries. This is because developed countries have relatively more older people, who are more likely to die in a given year, so that the overall mortality rate can be higher even if the mortality rate at any given age is lower. A more complete picture of mortality is given by a life table which summarises mortality separately at each age. In Actuarial science, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial table) is a table which shows for a person at each age what the probability A life table is necessary to give a good estimate of life expectancy. Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age

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Statistics

The international levels of infant mortality, depicted as the number of deaths in a thousand births.
The international levels of infant mortality, depicted as the number of deaths in a thousand births.

The ten countries with the highest infant mortality rate are:

  1. Angola 192. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central 50
  2. Afghanistan 165. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, 96
  3. Sierra Leone 145. Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. 24
  4. Mozambique 137. Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa 08
  5. Liberia 130. Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire 51
  6. Niger 122. Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. 66
  7. Somalia 118. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known 52
  8. Mali 117. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. 99
  9. Tajikistan 112. Tajikistan (təˈdʒɪkɨstæn or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/ Тоҷикистон tɔʤikɪsˈtɔn or, Persian تاجیکستان‎ taajikestaan officially the Republic of 10
  10. Guinea-Bissau 108. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (ˈgɪni bɨˈsaʊ República da Guiné-Bissau ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ giˈnɛ biˈsau is a country in Western Africa, and one of the smallest 72

According to the World Health Organization, the 10 leading causes of death in 2002 were:

  1. 12. 6% Ischaemic heart disease
  2. 9. In Medicine, ischemia ( Greek ισχαιμία, isch- is restriction hema or haema is Blood) is a restriction 7% Cerebrovascular disease
  3. 6. 8% Lower respiratory infections
  4. 4. 9% HIV/AIDS
  5. 4. 8% Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  6. 3. 2% Diarrhoeal diseases
  7. 2. 7% Tuberculosis
  8. 2. 2% Malaria
  9. 2. 2% Trachea/bronchus/lung cancers
  10. 2. 1% Road traffic accidents

Causes of death vary greatly between developed and developing countries. See List of causes of death by rate for worldwide statistics. This list shows causes of Human Deaths worldwide for a single year 2002 arranged by the associated Mortality rate.

According to Jean Ziegler (the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food for 2000 to March 2008), mortality due to malnutrition accounted for 58% of the total mortality in 2006: "In the world, approximately 62 millions people, all causes of death combined, die each year. Jean Ziegler (born April 19, 1934) is a senior professor of Sociology at the University of Geneva and the The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. In 2006, more than 36 millions died of hunger or diseases due to deficiencies in micronutrients"[1]. Dietary minerals are the Chemical elements required by living Organisms other than the four elements Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and

Factors affecting a country's death rate

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See also

Biodemography is the science dealing with the integration of biology and Demography. Crude birth rate is the natality or Childbirths per 1000 people per year The compensation law of mortality (late-life mortality convergence states that the relative differences in Death rates between different populations of the same biological species Demography is the statistical study of all Populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic population that is one that changes over The Gompertz-Makeham law states that death rate is a sum of age-independent component (Makeham term and age-dependent component (Gompertz function which increases exponentially with Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining at a given age This list shows causes of Human Deaths worldwide for a single year 2002 arranged by the associated Mortality rate. This is a list of countries by crude Death rate, based on the United Nations Population Division's quinquennial estimates and projections Maximum life span is a measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a group has been observed to survive between birth and death In Medicine, Epidemiology and Actuarial science, the term morbidity can refer to the state of poor health (from Latin Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Mortality displacement denotes a (forward temporal shift in the rate of mortality in a given population usually attributable to environmental phenomena such as Heat waves or

Dictionary

mortality rate

-noun

  1. The percentage of deaths per some period of time.
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