Glossary

• Longevity

  a: a long duration of individual life / b: length of life <a study of longevity>. Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longevity

• MENA

  The Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Source: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-dependency-ratio.htm

• Morality

  Mortality is the state of being mortal (having a finite life). Source: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Morbidity_vs_Mortality

• Morbidity

  Morbidity refers to the state of being diseased or unhealthy. Source: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Morbidity_vs_Mortality

• Mortality

  Mortality is the state of being mortal (having a finite life). Source: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Morbidity_vs_Mortality

• OECD

  The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is to pro-mote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Source: http://www.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_36734052_36734103_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

• Prevalence

  In epidemiology, the prevalence of a health-related state (typically disease, but also other things like smoking or seatbelt use) in a statistical population is defined as the total number of cases of the risk factor in the population at a given time, or the total number of cases in the population, divided by the number of individuals in the population. It is used as an estimate of how common a disease is within a population over a certain period of time. It helps physicians or other health professionals understand the probability of certain diagnoses and is routinely used by epidemiologists, health care providers, government agencies and insurers. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence

• Productivity

  Productivity is a measure of output from a production process, per unit of input. For example, labor productivity is typically measured as a ratio of output per labor-hour, an input. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity