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A developed [[country]]—also called an industrialized country—has a mature and sophisticated economy, usually measured by gross domestic product (GDP) and/or average income per resident. Developed countries have advanced technological infrastructure and have diverse industrial and service sectors.
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The incidence of [[spinal disorder]]s is expected to increase in developed countries due to ongoing fundamental demographic shifts toward an older [[population]]. These changes present significant challenges to public health, as [[healthcare system]]s worldwide must confront the burden of [[musculoskeletal aging]] and its related consequences. 

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Approximately 15% of [[death]]s in a [[developed country]] are due to [[sudden cardiac arrest]], making it the most common cause of death worldwide. Though high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation has improved overall survival rates, the majority of survivors remain [[coma]]tose after return of spontaneous circulation secondary to [[hypoxic-ischemic brain injury]]. Since the advent of targeted temperature management, neurologic recovery has improved substantially, but the majority of patients are left with [[neurologic deficit]]s ranging from minor [[cognitive impairment]] to persistent [[coma]]. Of those who survive cardiac arrest, but die during their [[hospital]]ization, some progress to [[brain death]] and others die after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment due to anticipated poor neurologic [[prognosis]]
((Carroll E, Lewis A. Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest: Who Recovers? Who Progresses to Brain Death? Semin Neurol. 2021 Oct;41(5):606-618. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1733789. Epub 2021 Oct 7. PMID: 34619784.)).