Factors affecting death rates
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- Factors affecting death rates
- Age profile - the greater the proportion of elderly people in a population, the higher the death rate is likely to be.
- Life expectancy at birth - residents of MEDCs tend to live longer than those of LEDCs
- Food supply - an adequate & balanced diet reduces death rate
- Safe drinking water & effective sanitation - reduces risk of contracting water-borne diseases
- Medical care - access to healthcare & education reduces death rate
- Natural disasters - the more prone a region is, the higher the death rate
- War - immediate & long term drop in population
- Death rate = no deaths per year / total population in same year x 1000
- Factors affecting death rates
- Age profile - the greater the proportion of elderly people in a population, the higher the death rate is likely to be.
- Life expectancy at birth - residents of MEDCs tend to live longer than those of LEDCs
- Food supply - an adequate & balanced diet reduces death rate
- Safe drinking water & effective sanitation - reduces risk of contracting water-borne diseases
- Medical care - access to healthcare & education reduces death rate
- Natural disasters - the more prone a region is, the higher the death rate
- War - immediate & long term drop in population
- Factors affecting death rates
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