Village women attend classes to learn more about good nutrition and hygiene. Traveling nurses monitor the growth of infants and provide extra food to those who are not thriving. Men from a low-income neighborhood lose their jobs when the factory in which they work closes. An increase in measles and polio occurs among children. A village suffers from an epidemic of Cholera, a disease transmitted by contaminated water.
Alcoholism increases following a severe economic depression.
According to the text , surviving the first five years is the most important factor in determining life expectancy at birth in a country. Countries usually base their decisions and policies on the priorities of their governments and people. Hypothesize about other reasons for the variation in the statistics.