MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF NORTH TRIPURA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Abstract

The influence of economic conditions on mortality has been recognised since times immemorial. Empiricism of the most casual sort was sufficient
to establish the link between food supply and mortality. But recent years have witnessed a movement away from economic determination in
mortality analysis. It is widely believed that mortality has become increasingly disassociated from economic level because of a diffusion of medical
and health technologies, facilities and personnel that occurred, in large part, independently of economic level, yet this position has its critics who
have gained a sympathetic audience. This article utilises cross sectional data of north Tripura and presented the status of mortality and income. It is
found that a total of 99 mortality cases have been reported of 350 the households surveyed at the average age of 21.034 years. The average education
level of persons died is found to be only 6.55 years. It is also found that urban respondents are earning more than rural respondents irrespective of
sex with an average annual income of Rs. 272808.71. In case of rural respondents, the average income of a respondent is Rs. 84314.