Changes in income, health conditions, and education are constantly occurring and will affect life in a country. Read the list below and decide whether each situation is likely to increase or reduce life expectancy at birth, or have little or no effect in either direction. 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.