The Future of Life Expectancy: A Discussion with Angus Deaton
New Books in Economics
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The Great Leap Backwards in Life Expectancy
There is no country in the world whose infant child mortality rates are higher now than they were after the second world war. A big cata and that has huge effects on life expectancy. The danger in china is that you get another great leap forward or something. H i v ads had huge effects in africa on between 19 nine, after 19 ninetye. I think the worst in the world for covet mortality is teen peru. At least once they shod. But that's intesting what you said about africa with the h i v a did - because the figures in many african countries are appalling,. ot mein terms of life.
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