Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries
Background: This study is concerned with understanding the impact of demographic changes, socioeconomic inequalities, and the availability of health factors on life expectancy (LE) in the low and lower middle income countries. Methods: The cross-country data were collected from 91 countries from...
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| description | Background: This study is concerned with understanding the impact of demographic changes, socioeconomic inequalities, and the availability of health factors on life expectancy (LE) in the low and lower middle income countries.
Methods: The cross-country data were collected from 91 countries from the United Nations agencies in 2012. LE is the response variable with demographics (total fertility rate, and adolescent fertility rate), socioeconomic status (mean year of schooling, and gross national income per capita), and health factors (physician density, and HIV prevalence rate) are as the three main predictors. Stepwise multiple regression analysis is used to extract the main factors.
Results: The necessity of more healthcare resources and higher levels of socioeconomic advantages are more likely to increase LE. On the other hand, demographic changes and health factors are more likely to increase LE by way of decease fertility rates and disease prevalence.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that international efforts should aim at increasing LE, especially in the low income countries through the elimination of HIV prevalence, adolescent fertility, and illiteracy. |
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| spelling | upm-302972015-10-08T03:10:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30297/ Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries Mondal, Md. Nazrul Islam Shitan, Mahendran Background: This study is concerned with understanding the impact of demographic changes, socioeconomic inequalities, and the availability of health factors on life expectancy (LE) in the low and lower middle income countries. Methods: The cross-country data were collected from 91 countries from the United Nations agencies in 2012. LE is the response variable with demographics (total fertility rate, and adolescent fertility rate), socioeconomic status (mean year of schooling, and gross national income per capita), and health factors (physician density, and HIV prevalence rate) are as the three main predictors. Stepwise multiple regression analysis is used to extract the main factors. Results: The necessity of more healthcare resources and higher levels of socioeconomic advantages are more likely to increase LE. On the other hand, demographic changes and health factors are more likely to increase LE by way of decease fertility rates and disease prevalence. Conclusion: These findings suggest that international efforts should aim at increasing LE, especially in the low income countries through the elimination of HIV prevalence, adolescent fertility, and illiteracy. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30297/1/Impact%20of%20socio.pdf Mondal, Md. Nazrul Islam and Shitan, Mahendran (2013) Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 42 (12). pp. 1354-1362. ISSN 2251-6085; ESSN: 2251-6093 http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/IJPH/issue/view/232 English |
| spellingShingle | Mondal, Md. Nazrul Islam Shitan, Mahendran Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title | Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title_full | Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title_fullStr | Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title_short | Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
| title_sort | impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries |
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