View source for 32. Demographic indicators: measures of mortality

* Crude death rate – annual number of deaths per 1000 people
** Highest in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East (15 – 20)
** Lowest in Western countries (1 – 10)
** Average in the world: 7
* Infant mortality rate – annual number of deaths of children < 1 year per 1000 live births
** Highest in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East (80 – 100)
** Lowest in Western countries (0 – 10)
* Maternal mortality rate – annual number of deaths from puerperal causes per 100 000 live births
** Highest in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle east (200 – 500)
** Lowest in Western countries (0 – 15)
* Life expectancy at birth – the number of years an individual could expect to live
** Highest in Japan, Western Countries (77+)
** Lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East (45 – 60)
* Age-specific death rate – annual number of deaths in an age group divided by number of persons in that age group
* Cause-specific death rate – annual number of deaths of a specific cause divided by the size of the population
* Top causes of death in 1900
** Pneumonia
** Tuberculosis
** Diarrhoea
* Top causes of death nowadays
** Heart disease
** Cancer
** Cerebrovascular disease
* Top causes of death in developed countries
** Heart disease
** Cancer
** Cerebrovascular disease
* Top causes of death in developing countries
** HIV/AIDS
** Pneumonia
** Heart disease
* In developed regions 77% of deaths are due to non-communicable diseases, only 14% are due to communicable diseases
* In developing regions 55% of deaths are due to communicable diseases, only 37% are due to non-communicable diseases

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