is death rate a good measure of the nation's health? what other measures are there?

Answer 1

No.
The internationally recognised standards are;
1.Infant mortality rate.
2.Survival after 5 year's age.
3.Average age of male & female.
4.Deaths due to pregnancy complications.
5.Per capita calories consumption.
6.State of essential vaccination state in children under 5 years age.
7.Prevalence of diseases like Polio which r 2 b eliminated as a result of vaccination.

Answer 2

No matter how good the country's health care, the death rate will always be 100%.

Seriously, no, there are other factors, such as outbreak containment (how fast a virulent pathogen spreads before being stopped), waiting time for urgent treatments, Deaths from treatable diseases such as Malaria, TB, Infant mortality.
Each country should have a register of morbidity and mortality statistics, it is just a matter of finding it on the net. The link below is the CDC (US) site.

Answer 3

life expectancy is the best proxy for national health plus morbidity but it is highly dependant on the insurance system. Did you know that the USA have much lower life expectancy than the UK? Only about 30% of their population have adequate access to medical care.

infant mortality rate is a proxy to medical care in a given country and level of its development

Answer 4

I agree with most people. The gold standard is infant mortality (0-28 days old). Maternal death rate is big too.

Answer 5

Infant Mortality
Human Development Index (HDI)
GDP per Capita
Natural Increase (Birth rate minus Death rate)
Life Expectancy
And..Doctors per people (1000s)

Hope it helps!

Answer 6

Infant Mortality Rate
Average life expectancy
Gross domestic product
Gross national product

to name a few

Answer 7

ependimiolgy is a great way of looking at people health it's the study of where when and what factors are involved in disease, some of these studies are done by the cdc and who. when looking at health you must look at many different factors for example if you just look at death, all deaths are not just caused by health related factors people get hit by cars, killed by guns and all sorts of things. good look! the who, is the world health org this should be very helpful with this question.

Answer 8

Same as Ahsan A.
These are the official ones by WHO. Death rate is NOT: wars, natural catastrophes occur.

Answer 9

I THINK ITS A FAIRLY GOOD WAY BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE.SO MANY PEOPLE DIE ON A DAILY BASIS OR ARE MURDERED AND NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.IN SOME CULTURES THEY DONT EVEN REPORT DEATH,THEY JUST BURY THE PERSON....MAYBE THE GOVERMENT SHOULD SUBSIDISE PEOPLE TO GO AND HAVE CHECK UPS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND SEE IF WE CANT BE MORE ACCURATE....