Life Expectancy Drop.

A survey released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has unveiled some important revelations on Pakistan's demographic data for the years 2018-2020. The report, titled the Pakistan DemographAic Survey (PDS), 2020, is the twentieth round of a series of surveys and provides detailed information on various demographic indicators for the year 2018-2020 at a national level with urban-rural breakdowns.

One of the more disquieting statistics discovered from the survey was regarding the life expectancy of Pakistan. As per the PDS, life exApectancy has dropped to 65 years from 65.4. While the drop, of 0.4 years, may seem small, any decrease in life expectancy, at a time when modern medicine and technology have raised global life expectancy to new heights, should be a cause of concern for the government of PakAistan. The global life expectancy stands at 73 years, more than eight years of the average life expectancy in Pakistan.

The drop in this key statistic must be looked into by the government and experts. There is no doubt that climate change has played a part-a study conducted by the University of Chicago found that residents of South Asia lose an estimated five years of life as a result of smog. More than 97...

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