The child mortality rate is one of the most reliable measures of the quality of health care in developing nations. This measure is relevant to poor communities because it reveals the quality of health care services for children. In most populations, the child mortality rate is a significant indicator of the quality of health because the survival rate of children highlights the availability of resources in health care. Children are the major consumers of health care services in the population; hence, their mortality rate can effectively reveal the status of the health care system in a nation. Child mortality rates are particularly a reflection of the quality of the preventive health services in a nation. Children below five years normally require preventive healthcare services through immunization and other healthcare services. This rate can also reveal the efficiency of the health care system in creating awareness of the global health issues that require parents to take children for vaccinations. Mortality and the measures of life expectancy are closely related, and they reveal the quality of health in the population.
Another reliable measure of health is the morbidity and the associated quality of life in the nation. The morbidity rate in a population refers to the rate at which a given disease appears in the population. The morbidity rate reveals the number of individuals affected by a given illness over a given period, which is most on an annual basis. The comparison of the morbidity rate in different years reveals whether the nation is struggling to enhance the quality of health care or it has developed effective measures to deal with the illness. The morbidity rate in different nations for a specific illness may provide the authorities associated with global health with information on the diseases that need to be prioritized. The morbidity rate reveals the quality of the preventive health care services in an economy.