4. The South:
Consists of the poor countries of the world,
such as those in Africa and South America.
Almost 80% of the population live in the South
yet they only use 14% of the world's wealth.
5. Contrasts between Ireland and
Uganda
Ireland Uganda
Area (km2) 70,280 236,040
Child mortality (per 1000
live births) 6 140
Life expectancy(in years) 78 48
Birth rate (per 1000 of
population) 14.6 47.4
Percentage of people with
AIDS 0.3 4.1
6. Child mortality:
What is child
Child mortality rates
mortality? (pg 217) are much higher in
the South than in the
North.
A child dies every three
seconds in the third
world because of the
poverty and injustice.
8. Reasons for Child mortality:
Lack of clean water – many people do not have
access to clean water and many children suffer
and die from sickness.
Can you name one sickness caused by dirty
water?
9. Reasons for child mortality:
Malnutrition – hundreds of millions of children
in the third world don't have balanced diets.
This weakens their resistance to disease.
Poorly fed children are weak and often die
from diseases like measles and whooping
cough.
10. Reasons for child mortality:
No preventative medicines – no
vaccinations against whooping cough and
childhood diseases. They cannot afford
medical treatment and most governments
won't provide them for free.
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/2012/09/malawi-child-mortality/
11. Life expectancy:
Life expectancy rate is the average number of
years which a newborn can be expected to live.
12. Life expectancy
Countries in North America and Western
Europe all have average life expectancies of
more than 75 years.
Africa is the continent where life expectancy is
lowest. The average life expectancy rate in
Africa is less than 60 years.
13. Factors of why life expectancy is
longer in the North than in the
South:
Life expectancy
greater in the
North than South
