Question

 Answer the following:

Explain the causes of the low death rate?

Answer 1

The causes of low death rate are as follows:

1. Improvement in medical and health facilities: In India, in the post-independence period, the availability of medical and health facilities have improved. As its effect, epidemics like a plague, cholera, malaria, smallpox, tuberculosis, etc. have almost been eradicated.
2. Decline in maternal mortality rate: Death rate of women dying during maternity has declined due to improvement in medical facilities.
3. Fall in infant mortality rate: Due to better medical facilities and increased literacy among women, there has been a decline in infant mortality rate from 146 per 1000 in 1951 to 64 per 1000 in 2002 and 47 per 1000 in 2011.
4. Increase in literacy: In India, the spread of education has helped the people to take care of their life and the needs of their children in a better Way. Education has helped people to come out of their blind faith, beliefs, and ignorance.
5. Use of nutritious food: In India, the spread of education has created awareness about health and nutrition among people. For many decades, the percentage of children and women dying due to malnutrition and ill health was quite high. These deaths are now brought under control by providing a nutritious diet. e.g. Mid-day meal programs in schools.
6. Disaster management: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was constituted in 2005. NDMA helps to mitigate all. types of disasters. This has helped in reducing the loss of lives. Other factors: Education, social reforms, rapid urbanization, improvement in the standard of living, publicity campaigns are also responsible for creating awareness among the people thereby reducing the death rate.