6TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS
THE IMPACT OF SELECTED INDICATORS ON LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH: THE CASE OF TURKIYE
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Liberty Publications
Life expectancy at birth has become an aggregate variable reflecting the influence of various social, economic, and environmental indicators on the functioning of modern healthcare systems. In this context, the aim of this study is to analyze the impact of selected indicators such as the number of physicians per capita, the categorical variable of the Covid-19 pandemic, crude divorce rate, mean years of schooling, crude suicide rate, and population density of provinces on life expectancy at birth in Turkey. The data for the study were obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) database (2024). The study utilizes panel data analysis techniques with data from 81 provinces of Turkey for the years 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2020.Based on the analyses, the random-effects panel data estimator was selected as the final model of the study. The significance of the results was evaluated at a 0.05 significance level, and the analyses were conducted using the Eviews 13 software package. According to the findings, mean years of schooling have a positive and significant effect on life expectancy at birth. Other findings from the research reveal that the number of physicians per 1,000 people has a positive impact on life expectancy, whereas the Covid-19 pandemic, crude divorce rate, crude suicide rate per 100,000 people, and population density have negative impacts. However, these negative effects were not found to be statistically significant. As a result, future research may consider designing updated studies by utilizing a longer time series dataset and incorporating new potential factors explaining life expectancy at birth.
