A. About 18 percent of the world’s deaths are among children less than five years old
B. More than 98 percent of child deaths were in LDCs
C. World-wide child mortality rates increased from 1990 to 2002
D. 19 of the 20 countries with the highest child mortality were in Africa
Related Mcqs:
- Infant mortality ?
A. is defined as the annual number of deaths of infant under 1 year old per 1,000 live births
B. reflects the availability of primary education the rights of employments and social security
C. is life expectancy up to age 3
D. reflects the availability of hospitals and childcare facilities and the parents wealth - A period of rapid population growth between a preindustrial stable population characterized by high birth and death rates and a later modern, stable population marked by low fertility and mortality is known as ?
A. demographic transition
B. population maturity
C. demobilizing population
D. birth-death transformation - Malnutrition is one of the main reasons behind the high mortality rates among ?
A. mothers
B. infants
C. both a & b
D. not a nor b - A child in the United States is normally exposed to all of the following values EXCEPT ?
A. achievement ans success
B. activity and involvement
C. material comfort
D. collectivism - Which of the following is True about HIV/AIDS ?
I- Women comprised 58 percent of HIV-positive adults in the Sub-Sahara
II- AIDs infection rates in Africa are highest among urban high
III- in 2001 40 million people with HIV/AIDS lived in sub-Saharan Africa
IV- Since 1981 120 million people have died of AIDSA. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II , III and IV - Which of the following is not true ?
A. Development generally improves the health system while better health increases productivity social cohesion, and economic welfare
B. Life expectancy is probably the best single indicator of national health levels
C. Life expectancy in Africa increased steadily from 1994 to 2003 due to better health care
D. There are growing inequalities in investment in health worldwide - Which of the following is Not True about education in LDCs ?
A. Public expenditure per student for higher education is about ten times as high as for primary education
B. The expansion of primary education redistributes benefits from the rich to the poor
C. Economists unanimously agree that LDCs should put greater priority on primary education
D. Boys are sent to schools far more often than girls - Refer to Exhibit 4. Which of the following is true with regard to the burden of the tax in Exhibit 4 ?
A. The buyers pay a larger portion of the tax because demand is more inelastic than supply
B. The sellers pay a larger portion of the tax because supply is more elastic than demand
C. The buyers pay a larger portion of the tax because demand is more elastic then supply
D. The sellers pay a larger portion of the tax because supply is more inelastic than demand - Which of the following is not TRUE about unemployed in LDCs ?
A. The unemployment rate for youths is twice that of people over 24
B. Unemployment in rural areas is twice that of urban areas
C. World-wide there are fewer unemployed females than males, but the rate is higher for women
D. The unemployed are relatively well educated - Which of the following is not True ?
A. In 1990 the world had 98 mainline phones and 2 mobile phones per 1,000 people: in 2001 169 mainline and 153 mobiles per 1000
B. Mobile phones do not require the massive infrastructure investment that mainline telephone require
C. In 2001 the World information technology expenditures were about 1/20 of 1% of world gross investment
D. In 2001 internet users per 1000 people in middle income countries were greater than high income countries
