Problem

Human death


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Human mortality
Mortality
Nature:

Human death is the cessation of life, physical and mental, characterized by total and permanent cessation of the functions or vital actions of the human organism.
Incidence:

More than 2.3 million died in 1998 in the USA. This amounts to approximately 471 deaths per 100,000 people. The top ten causes of death were: (1) heart disease, (2) cancer, (3) stroke, (4) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (5) accidents, (6) pneumonia / influenza, (7) diabetes, (8) suicide, (9) nephritis, nephritic syndrome, and nephrosis and (10) chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
Broader Problems:
Death of living creatures
Narrower Problems:
Homicide
Sudden death
Violent deaths
War casualties
Infant mortality
Engineered death
Death of a spouse
Indeterminacy of death
Dehumanization of death
Inequality in mortality rates
Avoidable deaths
Related Problems:
Snuff movies
Motivational death
Abandonment of the dying
Denial of a proper death
Denial of the right to die
Shortage of land for cemeteries
Aggravates:
Intestacy
Fear of death
Human suffering
Bereaved children
Human denial of death
Morbid preoccupation with death
Reduces:
Overcrowding
Gerontocracy
Excessive longevity
Deluded quest for immortality
Negative ecological impact of overpopulation
Reduced By:
Decrease in mortality rate
Strategies:
Valuing near-death experiences
Researching mortality rates
Reducing mortality rate
References:
Lonetto, Richard and Templer, Donald E: Death Anxiety
Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze: The Artificial Prolongation of Life and The Determination of The Exact Moment of Death
Kamerman, Jack B: Death in the Midst of Life
Becker, Ernest: The Denial of Death
Boerstler, Richard W: Letting Go: a holistic and meditative approach to living and dying
Charnaz, Kathlene C: The Social Reality of Death
Grey, Margot: Return from Death: an exploration of the near-death experience
Kastenbaum, Robert: Death and Dying
Krant, Melvin J: Dying and Dignity: the meaning and control of a personal death
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth: Death: the final stage of growth
Sheridan, Lilian B: Death: index of modern information
Shapiro, Samuel, et al: Sudden Death: medical subject analysis and research directory
Humphreys, S C and King, H: Mortality and Immortality: the anthropology and archaeology of death
Subject(s):
Life → Death
Mankind → Human
Sociology → Demography
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 1: No PovertyGOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
Problem Type:
B: Basic universal problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST