DP Geography Questionbank
Measuring health
Description
Evaluate life expectancy, infant mortality rate (IMR) and child mortality, HALE (health‑adjusted life expectancy), calorie intake, access to safe water and access to health services as indicators of health.Directly related questions
- 17N.2.sl.12a.iii: Outline why HALE is a better indicator of a nation’s health than child mortality.
- 17N.2.sl.12a.ii: Identify the region with the greatest relative change in mortality rate between 1990 and 2015.
- 17N.2.sl.12a.i: Describe the changes in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2015.
- 17M.2.bp.11b: Explain three indicators, other than life expectancy, which can be used to measure the health of...
- .2.bp.11a: Define the health measure HALE and explain how it differs from life expectancy.
- .2.bp.11b: Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of two other indices (other than HALE) used to measure...
- 11N.2.bp.11ai: State one other indicator besides infection rates which could be used to map the health of people...
- 11N.2.bp.12d: Examine the geographic connections between food availability and health.
- 12M.2.bp.11ai: Define the term health-adjusted life expectancy.
- 12M.2.bp.11aii: State one reason why health-adjusted life expectancy is a better measure of the health of a...
- 12N.2.bp.12a: Briefly describe what is meant by “obesity”.
- 13M.2.bp.12b: Explain why health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) is a better way to quantify the health of a...
- 15N.2.hl.11d: To what extent is access to safe water a good indicator of the health of a population?
- 15N.2.sl.11d: To what extent is access to safe water a good indicator of the health of a population?
