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11. Demographic Challenges in Serbia

Authors : Mirjana Rašević, Marko Galjak

Published in: The Geography of Serbia

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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The present chapter focuses on fertility and mortality problems as the two big demographic challenges facing Serbia. The trend of the average number of live births to women who were past the reproductive age in 2011, considered by age cohorts, indicates an early below-replacement fertility and a long period in which the number of live births per woman was stable at the value of 1.8. Although younger cohorts have yet to age beyond their reproductive years, markedly lower average number of live births by women aged between 36 and 40 compared to women aged 41 and over in 2011 will probably deepen due to completed fertility declining below the 1.8 mark. At the same time, Serbia is struggling with high premature mortality. Premature deaths of middle-aged people, but also younger, reproductively capable people, have effect on the economy, childbearing, and depopulation. In Serbia, men are dying more prematurely than women. About half of all deaths of men younger than 75 in 2015 could have been avoided by either prevention or adequate and timely healthcare. Big urban centres are much better off in this regard, unlike more remote regions which often lack good healthcare services.

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Title: Demographic Challenges in SerbiaSerbia
Authors: Mirjana Rašević
Marko Galjak
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Geography of Serbia
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-74700-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-74701-5

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74701-5_11

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