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infant mortality and third world countries

Infant Mortality Across the World

Infant mortality and third world countries remains a controversial and sad topic. There are several factors which determine the infant mortality and third world countries versus those in totally developed nations. These include use or disuse of contraceptives, the amount of food or crops available to each person of the population, the growth rate of the population, and the amount of income per person and region in the country. Lack of proper medical care for women living in third world countries also plays a part. Often drugs, antibiotics and other necessary prescription pills and ointments
are simply not available.

In developing nations, life expectancy at birth has risen from 42 to 55 years since 1950, but the gap between developed nations and undeveloped nations is still huge and significant. Nearly ever African country (such as Algeria, Botswana, Chad, Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and several South and West Asian countries experience life expectancies under 50 years of age. And yet, despite the rapid spread of the HIV virus, which is partially responsible for much of Africa's sad decline in life expectancy, infant mortality rates stay the same or even climb. It is a peculiar dichotomy. What is also fascinating is the fact that poor countries continue to replace their older generations despite a lack of economic security. The lack of education or status for women does not prevent them from having babies, and in fact may encourage it. Though of course when higher status and education level is given to a woman, it improves their family's lives exponentially.

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