SOCI 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sub-Saharan Africa, Tuberculosis, Gross National Income
Document Summary
Chapter 4: mortality patterns in the modern era. Person-years of life are used as the denominator for many rates. Overall mortality trends the infant mortality rate and expectation of life at birth: the human development index (hdi), single indicator of development level of a country that focuses on population"s well-being, three components, 1. Indicator based on gross national income per capita: 0-1 > higher number means higher level of development. Mortality trends by region of africa: region of highest morality, economic situation in southern africa differs from elsewhere in sub-saharan africa. Increase imr in southern africa due to hiv: south africa has best economy and infrastructure in sub-saharan africa. Mortality trends by region of europe: since 1950, the us has gone from having the best or close to best mortality situation compared to european regions to having a worse mortality situation than every region except eastern europe. Mortality indicators in the world"s ten most populous countries in 2010.
