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nations across the globe where the
incidence of death is highest based on
statistics from 2016 number 10
Romania generally speaking one would
assume that death rates decline over
time thanks to the steady and
progressive advancements in the fields
of medicine and personal health the
opposite has happened in this
southeastern European nation however
where the mortality rate has gone up
from point eight seven percent in 1960
to one point three one percent in 2016
yet Romania isn’t facing an epidemic or
anything like that in reality it’s a
simple numbers game the population is
aging and has been aging for decades as
of 2015 the birth rate is 1.33 well
below the standard replacement rate of
2.1
as the population ages the incidence of
death becomes higher per capita number
nine Croatia with a birth rate of just
1.5 children per mother yes we know
there are no half babies Croatia is in a
similar boat to its fellow European
country Romania this figure gives it one
of the lowest birth rates found anywhere
on the planet even the country’s strong
immigration numbers aren’t enough to
offset the low birth rate as such the
death rate of one point three one eight
six percent or roughly 1318 people per
100,000 means that the population is
shrinking so much so that the population
is expected to drop from four point one
nine million to 3.1 million by 2050 one
unless both immigration and birth rates
go up number eight Hungary barely
surpassing Croatia’s death rate by a
fraction per 100,000 Hungary takes this
spot with 1.3 2% or 1319 deaths per
hundred thousand like many of its fellow
European nations Hungary is seeing a
population decline due to low birth
rates the government is naturally
concerned about this high mortality rate
and its effect on the overall population
and has taken measures to encourage its
citizens to have children including
extended maternity leave life expectancy
has steadily risen since the country
switched away from communism but not
enough to counteract the low birthrate
number seven Russia this country is
massive with a seriously substantial
population the incidence of death
however is also substantial at one point
three seven percent
unlike the Afra mentioned Eastern
European nations however in recent years
birth rates have increased stabilizing
the population after a period of
significant decline from the mid 90s to
the mid 2000s even looking at the death
rate in isolation things are looking up
for Russia in 2003 the deaths per
100,000 peaked at 1640 a number that has
not in significantly diminished to the
recent 2016 count of 1367 deaths that is
definite progress number 6 Lithuania as
part of the USSR this small country
experienced steady population growth
until it achieved independence in 1990
at which point a steady and at times
sharp decline in population began to
occur in just about a decade and a half
the population fell from 3.7 million to
2.8 million with a mortality rate of 1.3
eight percent or 1380 per 100,000 and a
fertility rate of just one point five
nine children to each woman unless
something changes Lithuania is incidence
of death is only likely to grow while
the country’s population continues to
dwindle number five Latvia a neighbor to
Lithuania this small northern European
nation has lost nearly a third of its
total population since 1989 the death
rates have been significantly higher in
1994 it peaked at 1660 per 100,000
despite the fact that incidents of death
has slowed to 1454 per 100,000 the
sub-replacement birthrate means that the
mortality rate can’t really get much
lower unless Lithuania takes action to
become a hub for immigration or
implements measures to drastically
encourage people to have children as of
2017 they had already dead
below two million residents number for
Ukraine back in 1993 the Ukrainian
population peaked after 30 plus years of
growth at approximately fifty two point
one seven million flash-forward 15 years
and you’re down to an estimated forty
two point four million and that’s
including Crimea the mortality rate in
the Ukraine has generally been on the
rise since the 1960s but the early 1990s
saw a steep increase in deaths per
capita remaining high in the early 2000s
and peaking in 2005 at one point six six
percent in 2011 it dipped down closer to
its current one point four five percent
since then however it’s been inching
back up in small increments
unlike the preceding countries a poor
medical system lifestyle and environment
are all significant negative factors
number three Bulgaria a significant leap
up in numbers from the Ukraine the
mortality rate in this southeastern
European Republic is fifteen point two
that’s the highest it’s been in over
fifty years of recorded history and is
the culmination of a rather steady rise
during that time suggesting that it’s
only likely to continue to get higher in
the future since 1988 the country’s seen
a decrease of roughly 1.9 million people
in terms of its overall population
stemming from an economic crisis which
in turn resulted in mass emigration now
it faces a demographic crisis with a
birth rate among the lowest in the world
and a death rate among the highest
number to lassoo – in this tiny African
nation surrounded by South Africa on all
sides a full forty percent of people
live under the poverty line unlike
almost every other country discussed up
until this one its birth rate a healthy
3.14 cannot be blamed its population is
on the rise lassoo twos mortality rate
is the result of much bleaker issues
than a lack of children the country has
a terrible HIV problem with roughly
twenty three point six percent of the
population infected in cities that
number climbs to a staggering 50 percent
of women under 40 thankfully the death
rate is finally falling down from one
point seven one in 2003 likely thanks to
HIV awareness and
treatment programs number one the
Central African Republic according to
the statistics available at the
Institute of Health metrics and
evaluation on global burden of disease
this landlocked country has the highest
mortality rate in the world its birth
rate is actually strong with 4.21 births
per woman as of 2015 its population has
indeed grown rapidly for decades and yet
it still has the greatest incidence of
death per capita as with lassoo –
disease and lack of proper medical
treatment are the culprits with HIV
tuberculosis diarrhea and lower
respiratory infections claiming the most
lives perhaps most shocking though
relative to the countries
post-independence history this is
actually close to the lowest that the country’s death rate has ever been