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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. High mortality rate

High mortality rate

Incidence

Some developing countries with rapidly growing populations are headed for population stability in a matter of years, not because of falling birth rates, but because of rapidly rising death rates.

Broader

Inequality in mortality rates
Yet to rate
Death of living creatures
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Declining life span
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Nuclear war
Excellent
Infant mortality
Excellent
Famine
Excellent
Epidemics
Excellent
Demographic fatigue
Excellent
Massacres
Presentable
Inadequate housing among indigenous peoples
Presentable
Disasters
Presentable
Irredeemably disadvantaged regions
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Excessive human fertility
Presentable
Decrease in mortality rate
Presentable

Value

Mortality
Yet to rate
Immortality
Yet to rate
High-spiritedness
Yet to rate
High-mindedness
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J6252
DOCID
12062520
D7NID
155383
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/high-mortality-rate
Last update
Nov 3, 2022