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Life Expectancy; Factors, Malaria the Most Common Disease Affecting Pregnant Women in Africa [Nigeria and Cameroon]

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  • Ä°lker Etikan
  • Akinleye Adewumi Adabayo
  • Meliz Yuvali

    (Department of Biostatistics, Near East University, Cyprus)

Abstract

Life expectancy is one of the methods used to measure health in various countries. Countries with low life expectancy at birth is most likely to have problems with health care and the number of years that is expected to live, while countries with high life expectancy at birth tends to have minor problems with health care and longevity. This simply summarizes that the level of a countries health care determines the life expectancy and the longevity of her citizen. It explained the comparative level of life expectancies in two different African countries; Nigeria and Cameroon since the year 1996-2015. It also talks about the factors that affect life expectancy, most common disease affecting the mortality rate that is Malaria, especially the pregnant women and the remedy(s) in Africa (Nigeria and Cameroon). Showing if there is significant different in the life expectancy at birth in the two African countries.

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  • Ä°lker Etikan & Akinleye Adewumi Adabayo & Meliz Yuvali, 2018. "Life Expectancy; Factors, Malaria the Most Common Disease Affecting Pregnant Women in Africa [Nigeria and Cameroon]," Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(1), pages 1-5, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjorm:v:5:y:2018:i:1:p:1-5
    DOI: 10.19080/GJORM.2018.05.555651
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