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UNLOCKING THE LINK HOW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SHAPES LIFE EXPECTANCY AND MORTALITY IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2024(IX-I).03      10.31703/giidr.2024(IX-I).03      Published : Mar 2024

Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan

    The primary goal of this research is to investigate the interaction between information communication technology and health facilities. To achieve this goal, the panel data set is used from 1971 to 2020 from Pakistan's perspective. The study used pooled OLS, fixed effect estimates, and random effect approaches in its analysis. ICT is a broad topic, thus we quantified it using fixed broadband and fixed telephone subscriptions. Similarly, health is assessed using two standard proxies: life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate.Based on time series data, the study found that information communication technology improved health outcomes significantly. Health and life expectancy will improve as technology progresses, but death rates will fall. As economic technology advances, people connect more and create healthy relationships, improving their health. Information and communication technology improve public health overall.

    ICT; Mortality Rate; Life Expectancy; Fixed Telephone Subscriptions.
    (1) Majid Ali
    M.Phil Scholar, Department of Economics, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saboor Sadiq
    MBBS, Federal Medical and Dental College, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ammara Asghar
    MPhil, Department of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (4) Muhammad Yaseen Siddique
    Department of Economics, Govt Graduate College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ali, M., Sadiq, M. S., & Asghar, A. (2024). Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan. Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX(I), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2024(IX-I).03
    CHICAGO : Ali, Majid, Muhammad Saboor Sadiq, and Ammara Asghar. 2024. "Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX (I): 16-27 doi: 10.31703/giidr.2024(IX-I).03
    HARVARD : ALI, M., SADIQ, M. S. & ASGHAR, A. 2024. Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan. Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX, 16-27.
    MHRA : Ali, Majid, Muhammad Saboor Sadiq, and Ammara Asghar. 2024. "Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX: 16-27
    MLA : Ali, Majid, Muhammad Saboor Sadiq, and Ammara Asghar. "Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX.I (2024): 16-27 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Majid, Sadiq, Muhammad Saboor, and Asghar, Ammara (2024), "Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan", Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, IX (I), 16-27
    TURABIAN : Ali, Majid, Muhammad Saboor Sadiq, and Ammara Asghar. "Unlocking the Link: How Information Communication Shapes Life Expectancy and Mortality in Pakistan." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review IX, no. I (2024): 16-27. https://doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2024(IX-I).03