Factors affecting death rates in HIC

Question 1

High quality housing

Answer 1

• Housing that is watertight with central heating and/or air conditioning, provides healthier living conditions.
• Indoor plumbing reduces the risk
  of disease which can lead to early death.
• Housing constructed in
  accordance with strict building regulations is stronger and better able to cope with severe weather events and other natural disasters ensuring that more people survive those events.

Question 1

Pensions

Answer 1

• Pensions allow people to retire at
  a time in their life where ageing is making them less resilient to injury and illness. If you get the chance to retire you are more likely to live than older age

Question 2

Education

Answer 2

• This allows people to get better jobs that pay more money. The taxes generated can be used to improve
  healthcare and education, which in turn increase life expectancy.
• If people have a higher salary they can afford to buy better food, and live in a better quality environment. Those factors increase life expectancy.

Question 3

World Trade

Answer 3

• Developed countries control most of the world’s trade.
• Countries that can readily trade can import a variety of different foods, improving food security for their citizens.

Question 4

Government stability

Answer 4

• Civil war leads to many fatalities in countries
• Obviously this has an impact on life expectancy as many innocent people are targeted during conflicts and are killed or badly injured