Tag: Infant Mortality

World Social Indicators: Child Mortality

Oct 26, 2017

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mwkruse

in Demography, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Series: World Social Indicators 2017, Sociology, Trends: Social

Alongside life expectancy, a second measure of prosperity demographers frequently use is the child mortality rate. The child mortality rate is the number of children that die between birth and their fifth birthday per 1,000 live births. Because the first years of life are when human beings are most vulnerable, their ability to survive the…
Dying Young Is Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past

Sep 13, 2014

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Trends: Social

Business Insider: Dying Young Is Quickly Becoming A Thing Of The Past It shows the risk of dying at any given age, with the lighter-colored line representing the risk in 1970 and the darker line representing the risk in 2010. In 1970, people had a 28% chance of dying before they turned 50. By 2010,…
50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History

Feb 21, 2014

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in Crime, Demography, Education, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Huff Post Business (The Motley Fool): 50 Reasons We're Living Through the Greatest Period in World History I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from…
Saturday Links

May 11, 2013

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in Africa, Business, China, Crime, Culture, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environment, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, India, Links – Saturday, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, South America, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Food & Water), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Vocation

1. The High Calling published an article I wrote. I linked it earlier, but here it is again in an act of shameless self-promotion. It goes to some core issues I'm trying to put into a book. Six Ideas on How to Lead Congregations to Integrate Work and Discipleship 2. Should Pastors Know How Much…
Life Expectancy Rises Around the World, Study Finds

Dec 13, 2012

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Technology (Biotech & Health), Trends: Social

New York Times: Life Expectancy Rises Around the World, Study Finds A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and…
CDC Update on US Trends

Jan 11, 2012

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mwkruse

in Crime, Demography, Health and Medicine, Trends: Social

Knology: Homicide drops off US list of top causes of death ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food. ……
Is the World Getting Better or Worse

Jan 6, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Sociology, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

New Scientist (HT: Brad Wright)
Africa’s population: The lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah

Aug 27, 2009

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mwkruse

in Africa, Demography, Economic Development, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The Economist: Africa's population: The lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah CAREFULLY stepping round another heap of fetid refuse in Sodom and Gomorrah, it is easy to despair of Africa’s future. Accra’s notorious slum is aptly named. Here, about 30,000 families (no one knows for sure how many) crowd into a warren of hastily thrown-together shacks…
Theologians & Economists: The Rise of Unprecedented Prosperity (1)

Aug 26, 2009

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Series: Theologians and Economists

[Series Index] Is the state of the world getting better or getting worse? Our mission is to seek the greatest shalom possible in the world, always aware that shalom in its fullness will only be recognized at the consummation of the new creation at Christ's return. But how would we measure shalom? Isaiah 65:17-25 gives…
The truth on infant mortality

Aug 25, 2009

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine

Chicago Tribune: The truth on infant mortality The American medical system has the latest technology, the greatest variety of new drugs and unparalleled resources. But anyone who thinks we're getting something great for our dollars inevitably encounters a two-word rebuke: infant mortality. The United States is the richest nation on Earth, but it comes in…