Box 1.1 Demographic regions used in this report

The following illustrates the regional breakdowns used in calculating the WRI indicators in Linking Environment and Health.

Population, Economic Indicators, and Progress in Health by Demographic Region, 1975-1990

Region Population, 1990 (millions) Deaths, 1990 (millions) Income Per Capita Child Mortality Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Dollars, 1990 Growth Rate, 1975-90 (percent per year) 1975 1990 1975 1990 Sub-Saharan Africa 510 7.9 510 -1.0 212 175 48 52 India 850 9.3 360 2.5 195 127 53 58 China 1,134 8.9 370 7.4 85 43 56 69 Other Asia and Islands 683 5.5 1,320 4.6 135 97 56 62 Latin America and the Caribbean 444 3.0 2,190 -0.1 104 60 62 70 Middle Eastern Crescent 503 4.4 1,720 -1.3 174 111 52 61 Formerly Socialist Economies of Europe (SFE) 346 3.8 2,850 0.5 36 22 70 72 Established Market Economies (EME) 798 7.1 19,900 2.2 21 11 73 76 Demographically Developing Group [a] 4,123 39.1 900 3.0 152 106 56 63 FSE and EME 1,144 10.9 14,690 1.7 25 15 72 75 World 5,267 50.0 4,000 1.2 135 96 60 65 Source: The World Bank, World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health, World Development Indicators (Oxford University Press, New York, 1993), p.2.

Note: Child mortality is the probability of dying between birth and age 5, expressed per 1,000 live births; life expectancy at birth is the average number of years that a person would expect to live at the prevailing age-specific mortality rates.
[a] Includes the countries of the demographic regions Sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Other Asia and Islands, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Middle eastern Crescent.