Factors of mortality and socio-economic influence in Macedonia

This research is exploring the situation of decreasing in infant mortality rate, mortality under five and child health and maternal mortality in Macedonia during last decades until nowadays. The paper then compare the general rates of mortality over the years and focus on socio-economic influence and the differences in mortality that may appear when comparing mortality trends in Macedonia. The research shows that the infant mortality rate was very high (over 100%o) in the 1960s.With the "rapid" decline in the next two decades, reaching the value of 31.6%o in 1990 Macedonia has experienced a sharp fall in infant mortality rates, from 22.7 per 1000 live births in 1995 to 11.9 per 1000 live births in 2001.Also the level of the maternal mortality ratio in Macedonia fell by 40% in the decade between 1993 and 2003.The analysis leads to a general conclusion that the existing economic and social conditions in the Republic of Macedonia significantly influences the demographic phenomena, such as mortality trends, deaths by age, life expectancy and the health of population.