Impact of socio-health factors on life expectancy in the low and lower middle income countries

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 decease 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

Reproductive health rights of women in the rural areas of Meherpur District in Bangladesh

This study evaluated the reproductive health rights, women empowerment and gender equity in a rural area of Bangladesh. Three hundred married women of reproductive age [15-49 years] in Meherpur District, Bangladesh were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and purposing sampling techniques. The logistic regression analysis was used to determine the dominating factors affecting reproductive health rights. To fulfill the objectives of the study the two main factors, age at marriage and family planning acceptance of the respondents, were regarded as the determinants. The study results revealed that almost all the respondents were housewives [82.3%], one-third [31.0%] did not avail any modern facility, and their yearly income was very low. Moreover, about half of the women [52.7%] were very young [

Velocity and elasticity of pregnancy wastage and caesarian deliveries in bangladesh

The aim in this paper is to investigate the effect of age factor of mother as a cause of pregnancy wastage and delivery types. Using the information from 2967 mothers of Rajshahi District within the reproductive span [15-49 years], we have found that the proportion of pregnancy wastage to live birth in two edges of reproductive span is tremendously dodgy whereas in other age groups between 20 and 35 these are comparatively benign. Further, 6717 births were accounted to investigate the flow of caesarian deliveries over the ages. We found 359 caesarian deliveries against 6358 natural [vaginal] deliveries. Some statistical tools were used and the velocity and elasticity curves were drawn to analyze the risk of pregnancy wastage and caesarian deliveries. Our result shows that the risk of caesarian delivery increases with the increased age and this risk moves faster than the age