Question
What do you mean by morbidity? What are the factors affecting it?

Answer

Morbidity is defined as a proneness to fall ill from water borne diseases and it is generally indicated by the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area, expressed per 1000 per year. The factors affecting it are infrastructure of water supply and sanitation, the quality of transport and communication etc. Air pollution and safety hazards connected to transportation also affect morbidity.

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