We die more often…
First of all I apologize that the past ten days I have been writing so pessimistic posts. Last time I was reporting that according to Human Development Report 2007 Tajiks live the worst lives amongst the citizens of other post-Soviet countries. However, if you watch the Tajik TV (three main channels – Tojikiston, Safina and Bahoriston) you will see another picture: Tajikistan is flourishing and Tajiks are the happiest people in the world.
The statistics shows that our people are dieing more often than others in the former Soviet Republics.
According to the Statistics State Committee, the death rate is 26.4 per every 1,000 citizens. Average duration of life in Tajikistan in 1993 was 66 years according to the national Statistics State Committee and 54.7 years (56.4 for women and 53.1 for men) according to the World Health Organization. Average Europeans live almost 17 years longer.
Despite the statement of Amonullo Goibov, Secretary of the Tajik National Coordinating Council for HIV\AIDS, TB, and Malaria Prevention, that ‘ninety-three point seven percent of deaths are caused by non-economic factors, would I say that it low standard of living is the main reason for the deaths’.
Just look at the statistics and you will see that all these diseases are caused by economic factors.
14,584 Tajiks out of every 100,000 died in 2006 of problems with circulation organs. With over 40% of the population suffering from respiratory system maladies, the latter inevitably take their toll (2,853 deaths). Malignant neoplasms killed 2,064 Tajiks.
I can not believe that Mr. Goibov claims that these diseases are caused by non-economic factors. Everyone in the world knows that the worse the living conditions the higher is the death rate. People die because they eat unhealthy food, live in cold apartments, and work in terrible conditions. All these factors can cause problems with circulation organs, respiratory system maladies, and certainly cancer. Of course, all the diseases are caused by lack of vitamins as a result of malnutrition. No one of our officials would dare to claim that we don’t have malnutrition in our country because we have it.
on December 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Not a new subject…i hear so many people dying from all types of strange diseases from relatives and friends that it doesn’t even surprise me… but it was actually your title which attracted my attention; die more “often”? Once we are dead, do we have the chance to come back to life and re-die? Its wierd how this misplacement of one single word just triggered a long chain of thoughts…
PS, i think you rather mean “more and more die as a result of…” than “we die more often”…
on December 4th, 2007 at 6:15 am
hi Doroud, I’m glad that the title attracted you and thanks for the recommendations, but I’ll not change it, just because it is attracting…
If one more person tells me that it is a wrong title then I’ll change it…
Can any of the native speakers say that my title is weird?
on December 11th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
yes.