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## Introduction Life expectancy at birth (LEB) is closely associated with the degree of economic and social development in developed and developing countries. This study aimed to examine the socioeconomic factors affecting LEB in Iran from 1985 to 2013. ## Methods Time series analysis was used to examine the effects of key explanatory factors (GDP per capita, number of doctors per 10,000 population, degree of urbanization, food availability, CO2 emission, total fertility rate, inflation rate, and literacy rate) on LEB in Iran from 1985 to 2013. Study data were retrieved from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Iranian Statistical Center (ISC), and World Bank. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Banergy, Dolado, and Master (BDM) tests, Engle Granger approach, and an ordinary least-square (OLS) model were used to achieve the aim of the study. Data analysis was performed by Stata V.12 software. ## Results Our findings indicated that GDP per capita (p=0.003), number of doctors per 10,000 population (p=0.036), literacy rate (p=0.0001), and food availability (p=0.0001) have a positive and significant statistically effect on LEB. The relationship between total fertility rate and LEB was negativ

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Author

Delavari, Somayeh; Zandian, Hamed; Rezaei, Satar; Moradinazar, Mehdi; Delavari, Sajad; Saber, Ali; Fallah, Razieh

Publisher

Mehr Publishing Group; Mashhad: Mehrdad Jalalian Hosseini, 2009 (ISSN 2008-5842)

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)