Life expectancy

BIRTHS AND DEATHS Birth rates 1955-2025 Death rates 1955-2025

Birth rates are affected by such factors as per thousand population

nutrition, the availability of contraception and, to black line - Developing world

a certain extent, culture. Death rates tend to fall grey line -Developed world

with improved healthcare and nutrition. There is a significant difference in the birth and death rates between the developed and the developing worlds. The graphs below show that birth and death rates for developing countries took set to continue rising into the 21st century. In developed countries, the rise in birth rate should slow down, and the death rate could remain static.

People in developed countries have a longer life expectancy on average, with women living longer than men. In the developing world people have a shorter life expectancy. In the graph: 1- Sweden, 2 - Japan, 3 - USA, 4 - UK, 5 - Former USSR, 6– Bolivia, 7 – India, 8 - Burkina-Faso

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