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Chart 2 Exercises
Chart 2.
Infant Mortality Rate, 1980 and 1998 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
1. Look at Chart 2 and answer the following
questions:
- What was the
infant mortality rate for low-income countries in 1998?
- What was the
infant mortality rate for high-income countries in 1998?
- How much more
likely is it for a newborn baby to die within its first year in a
low-income country versus a high-income country? Why do you think
this is the case?
2. Look at the table
below and then answer the questions.
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Population
(1998) |
Infant Mortality
Rate
Per 1000 Live Births
(1998) |
Number of
Infant
Deaths
(1998) |
| Country A |
1,160,000,000 |
31 |
575,360 |
| Country B |
6,000,000 |
6 |
792 |
| Country C |
16,900,000 |
134 |
92,840 |
- What country
had the lowest infant mortality rate in 1998?
- Which country
had the most infant deaths in 1998?
- What country
can you assume has high life expectancy at birth? Why?
- What is the difference
between "infant mortality rate per 1000 live births" and "number of
infant deaths"?
- Why is "infant
mortality rate per 1000 live births" a better statistic to use than
"number of infant deaths" for comparing countries than "number of
infant deaths"?
- Based on the
table, what country faces the greatest challenge in increasing its
life expectancy rate at birth?
3. If more newborn
babies lived, what might be the effect on each of the following? Give
reasons for your responses.
- The number of
productive adults in 15 or 20 years
- The attitudes
of parents about having children
- School enrollment
in five or six years
- The need for
jobs in 15 or 20 years
- Attitudes toward
family planning
- A family's educational
costs
- A family's need
for food
- A country's need
for food
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Life
Expectancy
