Politik: Merkel kandidiert für 4. Amtszeit (Sonstiges)

AdamSmith, ..., Dienstag, 22.11.2016, 01:35 (vor 3302 Tagen) @ Hans-Olo

Ok, nach diesem Mörder Argument gebe ich mich natürlich geschlagen.

This link between fertility and child mortality is an immensely important insight and tells us what drives the acceleration and slowdown of population growth: In the initial stage of the transition, when fertility rates are still high but health is already improving, the population starts to grow. But then, a bit later, we see that this transition works to decrease population growth since improving health of the children leads to lower fertility. It is an important part of the mechanism behind the demographic transition.
A very cynical view is that a decrease in child mortality is bad for the world since it would contribute to the overpopulation of the planet. The chart below shows that this opinion is not just contemptuous of human life but plainly wrong: When more infants survive fertility goes down and the temporary population growth comes to an end. If we want to ensure that the world’s population increase comes to an end soon we must work to increase child survival.

Quelle: https://ourworldindata.org/fertility/