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Abstract
Various studies have enquired into the influence of socioeconomic development or public health measures on life expectancies in less developed countries. Analysis of the effect of these two groups of factors upon life expectancy, using data for 95 less developed countries, indicates that mortality is primarily influenced by such socioeconomic development measures as urbanization, industrialization, and education, and secondarily by such public health measures as access to safe water, physicians, and adequate nutrition.Keywords: Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Environment; Geographic Factors; Health; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Literacy; Modernization; Mortality; Natural Resources; Population; Population Dynamics; Public Health; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Water Supply
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2722920 DOI： 10.1017/s0021932000017934
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosoc Sci ISSN： 0021-9320