Explain your decision. A severe drought causes a famine. Traveling nurses monitor the growth of infants and provide extra food to those who are not thriving. Many women give birth to underweight babies. 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. Hypothesize about other reasons for the variation in the statistics.