Discuss the factors affecting mortality.
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Mortality or death is affected by a variety of factors. They may be biological, physiological, environmental, etc. From the demographic view point, mortality is related to the age and sex of an individual. There is infant mortality, mortality of woman at the time of delivery, mortality of man due to cancer of the prostate, etc.
In its Manual on the International Statistical Classification of Causes of Death, the World Health Organisation (WHO) places them under the following five categories:
1. Infectious, parasitic and respiratory diseases
2. Cancer
3. Diseases of the circulatory system
4. Violence and accidents
5. All other causes such as diseases of the digestive system.
With the exception of category 4 when deaths occur due to violence and accidents, deaths in the remaining categories are being reduced with the advancement of medical science in both developed and developing countries.
In the past, the mortality rate was high because of food shortages and famines, spread of epidemics, insanitary conditions, and long and recurrent wars
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