Income And Mortality
The income of an individual and the child mortality rates has a strange, yet straight relationship. Studies conducted so far, with developing countries including India and with under developed countries, suggest that the living circumstances and the income of an individual can severely affect the living standards, which is obvious. An extension to this statement, in a macro sense will reveal the crystal clear picture.
In normal circumstances, one would expect as mentioned above. Conversely, the situation has been a lot weirder when it was the case of handling child mortality rates in many countries. It has been found that income or finance has not really been the prominent among the determinants that accounted for high child mortality rates. It cannot be said cut and right that, income was directly proportional to child mortality. As a matter of fact, some other external factors other than income were more prominent in developing countries including India in lowering the child mortality rates in an efficient manner.
When a statistical analysis was conducted across various states in India, it revealed some astonishing facts. One of those is the rate with which the states with lower per capita income have reduced or lowered the child mortality rates when compared with the rates with which states with higher per capita income have lowered the mortality rates. Here, it was obvious that, per capita income hasn't had much to do to lower the child mortality rates. The analysis was conducted on a relative basis. The actual difference showed the disparities between the expected rates and achieved rates.
Child mortality has been a hot topic of discussion in developing countries including India and the conclusion of all discussions seemed to have ended up at a common point, all the time. It has been reinstated over and again that sustained growth and economic development will definitely help in lowering the child mortality rates and in fact, that seemed to be the only way for putting things in control. Theoretically, it sounds right and that make complete sense. Economic development should make a longer jump in several developing and under developed countries to prepare these countries economically to defend this crisis. Economic development would ensure better living circumstances for the people and it will help the authorities to take preventive measures in a more efficient way. It is easier said than done and theoretically it sounds perfect. How can this be implemented, leaves behind a feasibility question in front of the authorities and they have been trying to find an answer for years.
Even though factors are numerous that account for child mortality which include malnutrition issues, breast feeding issues, acute respiratory issues, the corner stone of solutions lie in socio economic set up. In a county which is rich in culture, one would expect it to have a strong socio economic set up. Even though many developing countries have a strong infra structure, the problem lies in the fact that, more often than not, the authorities fail in ensuring that the benefits of a country's set up is enjoyed by all sectors or the benefits are enjoyed by the people in every nook and corner of the country.