mortality, fertility rate and female education. We show that reduction in child mortality is best predicted by the level of GDP … in a country over the preceding 5 years. Fertility rate decreases when current or predicted child mortality is low, and …

(gross domestic product (GDP)/capita), inflation and population size on the mortality rate of Nigeria. The general lockdown …/methodology/approach - The paper focused on secondary data for the period 1991-2019 for GDP/capita, inflation, population size and mortality rate …/capita and mortality rate on the short-run which means increase in GDP/capita does not reduce the mortality rate in the country …