Discuss the major causes of childhood death in the United States as compared to developing countries
What will be an ideal response?
Children in the United States are more likely to die from accident-related injuries than
from the next six most frequent causes of childhood death combined. This means that
more children die from accidents (such as fires, falls, and car accidents) than from
illnesses such as leukemia, heart disease, and other ailments. These accidents affect
children from lower socioeconomic levels disproportionately. This difference may be
due, in part, to hazardous living conditions and living in dangerous neighborhoods. The
picture is quite different, however, in developing countries. More than 13 million
children around the world die from six diseases: (1) pneumonia, (2) diarrhea, (3)
measles, (4) tetanus, (5) whooping cough, and (6) tuberculosis. Air pollution also
creates a great number of respiratory infections that account for 20% of all deaths in
children under the age of 5.
You might also like to view...
As we fall asleep,
A) alpha activity begins. B) EMG activity suddenly increases. C) alpha activity ceases. D) REMs begin to occur. E) REMs suddenly stop.
Which of the following is true of family background as a predictor of marital success?
a. People whose parents were divorced are more likely to get divorced as well. b. People with divorced parents are better at resolving conflicts in their own marriages. c. People who come from happily married homes will also have happy marriages. d. All of these are true.