Chareva
McCullough
Dr. David Padgett World Geography 1010
Health
Issues in Georgia-Asia
Welcome!!! This web page is geared toward those who
are interested in the medical field.
In Georgia, a country located in Southwestern Asia is bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia. Even though Georgia has warm and pleasant
climate (continental inland and subtropical) the country has several
environmental issues that are causing pollution to the water, air, and
soil. The heaviest pollution attack is
toward Mtkvari River Basin in the east and the Black Sea. Rust’avi is being harmed
with the most pollution associated with air; the soil pollution is gathered
from toxic chemicals. There is
protection of upland pastures and hill farms from soil erosion throughout the
environment, and there is also good soil in river valley flood plains. The potable water contains scant supplies. Many of these items are associated with air
pollution: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes and none of the selected agreements were ratified, but
they were signed. The
health system was limited under the Soviet Union, and recent investment was
prevented from internal strife and a lack of resources.
Georgia’s population is 4,960,951
(July 2002 est.), and the growth rate in addition to that is -0.55% (2002 est.). The wealth of Georgia is fairly low, with 80% of
the population living in poverty.
Out of those 4,960,951
represented in Georgia:
|
People
|
Rate
|
Total
|
|
Infant mortality
|
51.81 deaths
|
1,000 live births
|
|
Georgia
birth
|
11.48 births
|
1,000 population
|
|
Georgia
death
|
14.61 deaths
|
1,000 population
|
|
HIV/AIDS victims
|
Less than 500
|
4,960,951
|
|
HIV/AIDS death
|
Less than 100
|
4,960,951
|
For more information on
Georgia-Asia click the link below
http://www.cia.gov.cia.publications/factbook/geos/gg.html#intro
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/georgia/
and view the slideshow with several pictures of
people living in poverty
Kindersley, Dorling. World Reference Atlas. New
York: Kindersley, 1994.
