Because European countries have a higher percentage of their populations that are of elderly age, so if makes sense that they will appear on this quiz.
It's because Europe has lots of old people, but the reason that Europe has lots of old people is that the population lives to a late age. So having a high death rate is not necessarily a bad thing or a reflection of low life expectancy.
because looking at an average the european and asian countries on this list have a much higher median age so the african countries are obviously on this for reasons other than high percentage of old population
How much have things improved in Africa? A lot. If this quiz used data for the year 2000, all the countries on the list except one would be from Africa. Since then, the death rate in Sub-Saharan African has declined by 42%, due to higher life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and better treatments for HIV.
The South African win against big pharma concerning antiretrovirals was a big deal in the southern eight or so countries of the continent, where infection rates were in double digits for 15-49 year-olds. Why should we give Bush credit?
the life expectancy graph on that wikipedia page doesn't really support the argument that PEPFAR was a major factor as it already shows an upward trend in all those countries by 2003
Don't shed a tear for countries like Japan and Germany, which consistently rank near the top in quality of living. They are on this list simply because their fertility rates have dropped.
Good job missing the point. He is saying their death rates are not from premature causes such as violence and disease. Also low fertility doesn't mean they will cease to exist, what?
It's interesting how the countries featured here are exactly both extremes of the spectrum of demographic "development." Either the death rate and birth rate are extremely high, or the death rate and birth rate are extremely low. Either way, all of these countries have death rates that are ~near-ish~ to their birth rates. I say ish, because every African country has at least begun to enter the second phase of demographic development, and death rates are currently plummeting in every sub-Saharan African country. (This is environmental science stuff - "race scientists" stay away)
A lot of the countries that appear / don't appear are because of their birth rates over the last couple of decades.
If a country had 100m population 20 years ago then there will be say, 15m people now in their last decade with ~1.5m dying per year = 1.5% of the original population. But if the birth rate has been high for those 20 years then the population might now be 200m so those 1.5m that die this year only constitutes 0.75% of the current population.
And conversely, if the birth rate had been very low for those 20 years then the current population may have dropped so those 15m people to die this year would represent more than 1.5% of the current population
Plus, I'm not sure how they are counting the populations as many Easter Europeans, often the younger generations, have moved west in the last 30 years so populations in that part of the world have aged faster than elsewhere
In certain cases it is because of migration -- younger child-bearing aged economically-mobile folks leave to find opportunities elsewhere, and the remaining population demographics are skewed towards elderly folks who are more likely to kick the bucket.
Low birth rates, and lots of people have moved away. In Latvia and Lithuania there are also significant issues with alcohol abuse, meaning more people dying generally, and since lots of younger people have moved away, this skews the figures.
I am thoroughly confused by this quiz, and because my brain gets a bit obsessive when it gets confused, i see I have a long night of somewhat useless knowledge to acquire.
This is the first quiz I see with my country in first place. Before taking the quiz I was relatively sure that it'll be there. Seeing it pop next to the number 1 is depressing and yet understandable when you take the economical, political and demographic situation under consideration. And ,writing these words while living in Germany, I must admit I'm also part of the problem.
I suspect that's because most of the elderly men who die there are counted in the statistics of the countries in which they were born or to which they were assigned through their ministries. I might be completely wrong, though - maybe very few die within the limits of the see itself.
That was one of the hardest quizzes I've ever taken on here. Mainly because I spent around 80% of the time trying African countries, and not trying any European ones!
If you are wondering why there are a lot of Eastern European countries in the list. The thing is that after the WWII those countries have seen baby-booms and a large portion of their population is born in the late 1940's and those people are now dying.
Not really - that would just mean the population jumped in the 40s. Assuming average birth and death rates from that generation onwards, the percentage dying per year now should be just about average (if anything slightly lower as there won't be as many people dying from the previous generation which was comparatively smaller, though the numbers from that generation may be negligible by now).
It's more to do with birth rates of more recent generations, migration, etc
For many of these countries, like Bulgaria, many youth move out of the country, leaving behind the old generation. What usually happens to old people? Well, they die.
Also birth rate is extremely low, so not much population replenishment either, which means by each year that passes, the higher percent of these countries populations will die.
African countries like Chad and Sierra Leone is mostly due to lack of good healthcare. In Chad, almost all doctors are imported from France, cause Chad doesn't have the education system to educate doctors or other healthcare personnel.
This was hard. Is it countries with ongoing war? Only a couple of them. Countries with a high murder rate? No. Countries with a very old population? Very few. Countries with a low birth rate? Only a few. Extremely poor countries? Only a few.
I was just guessing a lot of poor african countries, but then out of frustration I guessed Ukraine and then realized something, still only managed to guess 7.
This quiz teaches us more about the misuse / misapplication of statistics than it does about people dying in various countries. Life expectancy and median age quizzes (which are directly related to standard of living) will be far more intuitively straightforward, while this metric highlights shrinking populations above all else.
I'm nostalgic for a time when Dubya was a serious contender for worst president ever. Recent events have put that one to bed - Go America!
Wow, how compassionate of you.
If a country had 100m population 20 years ago then there will be say, 15m people now in their last decade with ~1.5m dying per year = 1.5% of the original population. But if the birth rate has been high for those 20 years then the population might now be 200m so those 1.5m that die this year only constitutes 0.75% of the current population.
And conversely, if the birth rate had been very low for those 20 years then the current population may have dropped so those 15m people to die this year would represent more than 1.5% of the current population
Plus, I'm not sure how they are counting the populations as many Easter Europeans, often the younger generations, have moved west in the last 30 years so populations in that part of the world have aged faster than elsewhere
If the country has all four of these, they're at the top of the list.
If they don't have the first two things, but they've got a lot of the last two things, they're mostly near the middle.
If they have lots of the first two things, but don't have the last two things, then they're mostly at or near the bottom of the list.
It's more to do with birth rates of more recent generations, migration, etc
Also birth rate is extremely low, so not much population replenishment either, which means by each year that passes, the higher percent of these countries populations will die.
African countries like Chad and Sierra Leone is mostly due to lack of good healthcare. In Chad, almost all doctors are imported from France, cause Chad doesn't have the education system to educate doctors or other healthcare personnel.