Life Expectancy
THEORY
Definition: Life expectancy is the average number of years a person can expect to live, if in the future they experience the current age-specific mortality rates in the population.
Principal categories of variables that influence life expectancy are,
Technology,
Education,
Disposable income
Urbanization,
Inequality,
Healthcare,
Health risks/epidemics,
Definition: Public health expenditure consists of recurrent and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental organizations), and social (or compulsory) health insurance funds.
In the regression analysis, an attempt has been made to incorporate public health expenditure as a variable that influences life expectancy independently. The variables have been acquired from the Human Development Report (HDI 1990-2010).
It is expected that the variable described above, will have a positive effect on life expectancy.
LIFE EXPECTANCY (Y)
(years)
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH (X)
(% of GDP)
SOURCE: www.hdr.undp.org
REGRESSION ANALYSIS