But demographers rarely use CDR s, thinking instead in terms of age and sex specific mortality rates, usually summarized as life expectancy.

So the pre war CDR that the two Lancet studies yield seems too low. It may not be wrong, but the authors should provide a credible explanation of why their pre war CDR is nearly half that of the UN Population Division.

So the pre war CDR that the two Lancet studies yield seems too low.

Performance measures

Performance measures

The death rates fell 47 percent.

The Gompertz Makeham law of mortality describes the age dynamics of human mortality rather accurately in the age window from about 30 to 80 years of age.

Indicators for the eurozone are even worse.

What actually goes up?

The authors used crude death rates (CDR s), which reflect the number of deaths per thousand people, in explaining the rise in mortality.

Coastal countries tend to outperform landlocked countries. Countries with high levels of malaria tend to endure slower growth than countries with lower levels of malaria.

Coastal countries tend to outperform landlocked countries.

But this better glycemic control as reflected by the improved hemoglobin A1c levels did not reduce the mortality rate at five years, according to lead researcher Dr. Chih Cheng Hsu and colleagues.

Infant mortality fell by 22 per year, and even faster for children under 5.

Health and economic performance are interrelated. Infant mortality, child mortality, and life expectancy all correlate with rising income.

Even Germany is performing better.

Average Annual Growth Rates (per cent per annum)

But this metric is very deceptive.

Indicators and correlations are easier to demonstrate.

Maternal mortality rates remain dismal in several countries.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

The principal cause of death in refugee camps is the lack of nourishment.

But now that we are measuring indicators like child mortality more precisely, people are able to see the impact that aid has in stark terms that it means the difference between, say, giving people access to HIV treatment and letting them die.

There is growing evidence that the stress of transition is the leading cause of death, even above big killers in postcommunist Russia such as alcohol, murder, and AIDS.

But other social indicators are unimpressive.

Indicators for manufacturing and services have improved moderately.

Now consider their economic performance.

Let me make a comparison directly between the United States of America and Vietnam.

You're doing worse. Frown.

Europe s Pointless Deficit Targets?

Greece has boosted those numbers recently.

Other indicators, however, paint a different picture.

(a) Under Indicators of achievement

(b) Under Indicators of achievement

Add new indicators of achievement as follows

His numbers at international tournament level are awesome.

And that hasn't changed at all.

It's the death rates caused by anemia globally.

India's Economic Performance 1868 2000

In fact, what we've found is that every single business outcome improves.

Why has Germany performed so badly?

Better unemployment figures will be required, no doubt.

India has recorded similar rates for the last decade.

But some indicators still have the Fed concerned.

Vacancy rates and staffing