Geography For Dummies by Jerry T. Mitchell

Author:Jerry T. Mitchell [Mitchell, Jerry T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119867142
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2022-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Infant mortality

Infant mortality is a sensitive indicator of public health and education. Figure 11-6 shows the highest rates of infant mortality are occurring in countries that have the highest rates of natural increase, which also tend to be poor. That lack of wealth is largely responsible for the poor states of health care and sanitation that produce high rates of infant death. Co-occurrence of high rates of infant mortality with high rates of people under 15 years of age suggests a societal preference for high birth rates to offset high death rates. It likewise suggests existence of characteristics described in the high stationary and early expanding stages of the demographic transition model.

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