impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries.
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this study is concerned with understanding the impact of demographic changes, socioeconomic inequalities, and the availability of health factors on life expectancy (le) in the low and lower middle income countries.the cross-country data were collected from 91 countries from the united nations agencies in 2012. le is the response variable with demographics (total fertility rate, and adolescent fertility rate), socioeconomic status (mean year of schooling, and gross national income per capita), and health factors (physician density, and hiv prevalence rate) are as the three main predictors. stepwise multiple regression analysis is used to extract the main factors.the necessity of more healthcare resources and higher levels of socioeconomic advantages are more likely to increase le. on the other hand, demographic changes and health factors are more likely to increase le by way of de-cease fertility rates and disease prevalence.these findings suggest that international efforts should aim at increasing le, especially in the low income countries through the elimination of hiv prevalence, adolescent fertility, and illiteracy.
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iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۲، شماره ۱۲، صفحات ۱۳۵۴-۶۲
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