Poverty, Progress, and Rising Life Expectancy
Poverty, Progress, and Rising Life Expectancy
This chapter concentrates on mortality decline and the impact of China's economic reform and poverty eradication program on improving life expectancy. It shows that mortality in China, even in poor areas, further decreased during the reform era. The major contributing factors to this change are rapid economic growth, the success in poverty alleviation in poor regions, and the considerable improvement in people's living standards. Regional variations in mortality are also addressed.
Keywords: mortality, mortality decline, poverty alleviation, regional variation
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