Health And Diseases Gateway 1

Question 1

characteristics of DCs

Answer 1

Lower death toll from infectious disease

• education
• living conditions
• access to safe drinking water
• proper sanitation
• affluence
• investment in healthcare, access to health services

Higher death toll from degenerative disease

• diet
• lifestyle choices

Question 2

Characteristics of LDCs

Answer 2

Higher death toll from infectious disease

• education
• living conditions
• access to safe drinking water
• proper sanitation
• poverty
• investments in healthcare, access to health services

Lower death toll from degenerative diseases

• diet
• lifestyle choices

Question 3

Education

Answer 3

1. education refers to the process of teaching and learning, often within the context of formal institutions such as school

Question 4

Education in DCs

Answer 4

1. People are more informed on how to lead a healthy lifestyle
   - learn more about healthcare and nutrition
   - likely to make more informed choices about their diet and lifestyle
2. Womens’ level of education improve
   - they more informed on nutrition and healthcare
   - able to care and provide for their children more effectively
   - improve childrens’s health and lower the IMR
3. Earn higher incomes
   - greater access to quality medical treatment, food and good living conditions
4. Education often compulsory and fewer drop out of school, complete their education
   - have more financial resources to invest in education

Eg
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, IMR of children born to mothers without formal education is consistently higher than mothers with education. Infants born to mothers with 11 years of education are 60% less likely to die in their first month of birth

Question 5

Education in LDCs

Answer 5

1. Less financial resources to invest in education
   - rural schools under equipped to handle large class sizes
   - due to lack of education resources
2. More people live in poverty
   - more people drop out of school
   - as school is not affordable for their family
   - they often start working at a young age to supplement household income

Eg
According to UNESCO, of the 60.7 million primary-school age children worldwide in 2012, 30.6 million were from Sub-Saharan Africa anf 1.3 million from North America and western Europe