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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Avoidable deaths

Avoidable deaths

  • Preventable death

Incidence

One type of potentially avoidable deaths are deaths below the age of 75 from conditions that are potentially preventable through primary or hospital care. The rates are a useful indicator of how well health systems are performing.

Broader

Human death
Presentable

Narrower

Maternal mortality
Excellent
Death by execution
Excellent
Death and disability from inhumane confinement
Presentable
Non-combat death of soldiers
Unpresentable
Anaesthetic death
Unpresentable
Preventable child deaths
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Unequal regional distribution of deaths
Presentable

Aggravated by

Preventable disease
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
D7NID
240384
Last update
Nov 29, 2022