Question

death rates have declined from 25 per 1000 population in 1951 to 7.48 deaths per 1000 population in 2011 . what would be the possible causes of this decrease ? explain in detail

Answer 1

The main cause of decline in death rate has the improvement in the infant mortality rate. Earlier, lot of babies used to die at infancy because of poor quality of health care and the non-availability of vaccines against various diseases. But the use of vaccine of has spread immensely since the time of Independence. There has also been a general improvement in health care facilities. As a result, infant mortality has come down, which has reduced the death rate.