Somayeh Delavari|Hamed Zandian|Satar Rezaei|Mehdi Moradinazar|Sajad Delavari|Amir Saber|Razieh Fallah
Life Expectancy and its Socioeconomic Determinants in Iran
Iran University of Medical Sciences|Ardabil University of Medical Sciences|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Shiraz University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Imam Reza Hospital|Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
life expectancy birth leb closely associated degree economic social development developed developing countries study aimed examine socioeconomic factors affecting leb iran 1985 2013time series analysis used examine effects key explanatory factors gdp per capita number doctors per 10000 population degree urbanization food availability co2 emission total fertility rate inflation rate literacy rate leb iran 1985 2013 study data retrieved central bank iran cbi iranian statistical center isc world bank augmented dickey fuller adf banergy dolado master bdm tests engle granger approach ordinary leastsquare ols model used achieve aim study data analysis performed stata v12 softwareour findings indicated gdp per capita p0003 number doctors per 10000 population p0036 literacy rate p00001 food availability p00001 positive significant statistically effect leb relationship total fertility rate leb negative significant p0023 addition effect degree urbanization p0811 co2 emission p0185 inflation rate p0579 leb significantgdp per capita number doctors per 10000 population food availability literacy rate total fertility identified main factors affecting life expectancy iran study however suggests life expectancy iran could improved attention given factors reside outside health sector