DP Geography Questionbank
Measuring health
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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
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.2.bp.11a:
Define the health measure HALE and explain how it differs from life expectancy.
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.2.bp.11b:
Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of two other indices (other than HALE) used to measure the health of populations.
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17M.2.bp.11b:
Explain three indicators, other than life expectancy, which can be used to measure the health of the population in a country.
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17N.2.bp.12a.i:
Describe the changes in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2015.
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17N.2.bp.12a.ii:
Identify the region with the greatest relative change in mortality rate between 1990 and 2015.
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17N.2.bp.12a.iii:
Outline why HALE is a better indicator of a nation’s health than child mortality.
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18N.2.bp.12a.i:
Describe the relationship between GDP (gross domestic product) per capita and life expectancy.
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18N.2.bp.12a.ii:
Outline one advantage of using HALE as a measure of a population’s health.
