low middle high income countries U4A1

Question 1

GNI per capita

Answer 1

The total value of goods and services a country’s citizens produce, including the value of income earned by citizens who may be working in an overseas country. Used to classify into high, middle and low income country groups

Question 2

social characteristics

Answer 2

1. Gender equality
2. Birth and population rate
3. Education and employment levels
4. social security system
5. health systems
6. Access to technology
7. legal systems

Question 3

economic characteristics

Answer 3

1. Income
2. Trade opportunities
3. Range of industries
4. Debt level

Question 4

Environmental characteristics

Answer 4

1. safe water and sanitation
2. food security
3. adequate housing
4. adequate infrastructure

Question 5

similarities in health status

Answer 5

1. life expectancy is increasing in all income groups
2. Infant and under 5 mortality is decreasing in all income groups
3. Non-communicable diseases account for the greatest proportion of death in all countries

Question 6

Differences in health status

Answer 6

1. life expectancy fluctuates more in low- middle income countries compared to high income countries
   2.mortality rates increase as average income decreases