How does mortality affect sustainable development goals?

Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between the sustainable development indicators index score and mortality, including maternal deaths, deaths under the age of five (u5mortality) traffic deaths, and death of non-communicable disease (NCD mortality). Methods: Panel data method was used in the analyses, mortality rates independent variables belonging to 11 OECD countries with regular data between 2000-2020; sustainable development indicators index score was considered as the dependent variable. Results: According to the results of the least squares analysis, a 1% increase in maternal mortality reduced the sustainable development index score by 0.021%; a 1% increase in under five years mortality reduced the sustainable development index score by 0.037%; a 1% increase in NCD mortality reduced the sustainable development index score by 0.044%; a 1% increase in trafficmortality reduced the sustainable development index score by 0.016% (p