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A 5 page paper that discusses the many and varied challenges health care providers across the world face in this century. The writer provides data regarding diseases and mortality rates comparing developed and developing nations. The challenges as identified by the World Health Organization and others are then described. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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health across the globe presently. According to a report by the World Health Organization, there are very definite differences between the causes of death in developing versus developed countries: Total
deaths: In developed nations, there were 11.5 million deaths in 1990 and 12 million in 1997. In developing nations, there were 38 million deaths in 1990 and 40 million in
1997. This illustrates that deaths have increased. The causes of deaths differ between the two types of nations. Here, we will only report the data for 1997: * Infectious and
parasitic diseases: 1 percent of the deaths in developed nations and 42 percent in undeveloped nations. * Cancers: 21 percent versus 10 percent. * Perinatal and maternal causes: 1 percent
versus 9 percent. * Diseases of the circulatory system: 46 percent in developed nations and 24 percent in developing nations (World Health Organization, 1998). These do not represent all the
data but are sufficient to provide the reader with a general insight. The report from the World Health Organization also included these points: * By the turn of the
century [2000], about 59 percent of the worlds population will live in urban centres (Geneva News, 1999). * Life in the 21st century will be healthier, longer and enriched for
more people than ever before. Premature deaths, those that occur prior to age 50, will be cut in half by 2025. Global life expectancy at birth will be 73 years,
up from todays global average of 66 years (Geneva News, 1999). * By 2025, 26 countries will have a life expectancy rate at birth of more than 80 years.
The highest will be in Iceland, Italy, Japan and Sweden. Switzerland will have an average expectancy of 81 years (Geneva News, 1999). * By 2025, the worlds population is
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