Mortality rate and life expectancy in Africa: the role of flood occurrence
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Date
2022
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International Journal of Social Economics
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of flood occurrence on mortality rate and life
expectancy amongst 53 African countries.
Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes panel data from the period 2000–2018 on 53 African
countries and system generalized method of moments (system GMM) for the analysis.
Findings – The result indicates that flood occurrence causes the destruction of health facilities and the spread
of diseases which reduces life expectancy. In addition, flood occurrence increases mortality rate amongst 53
African countries.
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Practical implications – The study recommends that governments amongst African countries should
implement strategies being enshrined in Conference of Parties (COP, 2021) on climate change. This will help to
reduce the level of climate change and flood occurrence.
Originality/value – Previous studies focused on the adverse effect of flood occurrence without considering
the issue of life expectancy amongst African countries. This study contributes to existing empirical studies by
examining the effect of flood occurrence on mortality rate and life expectancy amongst African countries.
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Research Article
Keywords
Life expectancy, Mortality rate, Flood occurrence,