8A.2ab Health + life expectancy vary BETWEEN countries

why is there low life expectancy in LICs

access to healthcare, education, governance, technology, natural disasters, access to food and water, climate change, poor working conditions and manual work

what has access to healthcare got to do with low life expectancy

cost/lack of free, accessibility, lack of skilled workforce, cultural attitudes, lack of vaccines

what has access to education got to do with low life expectancy

lack of knowledge for hygiene, maternity care

what has governance got to do with low life expectancy

corruption, low gdp/low tax

what has lack of technology got to do with low life expectancy

lack of examples like MRI scans

why is there high life expectancy in HICs

more tertiary and quaternary jobs - less dangerous

why is life expectancy slowing down

type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity - affluent diseases due to lifestyle, dementia - older age diseases

why do women typically have a higher life expectancy

women biologically live longer than men and men are more likely to take risks

why is there a lower life expectancy in america than expected

vast group dying in 20s causing decrease due to gun violence and drugs

why is there a higher life expectancy for women than men in russia

high drinking and smoking rates in men

what is poverty and deprivation like in democratic republic of congo

one of worlds poorest countries, one of lowest countries in HDI in 2021, one of worlds richest in natural resources, worlds 4th lowest GDP per capita $1337 in 2022

what is healthcare like in democratic republic of congo

6m died due to conflict of natural resources bc of disease and malnutrition as lack of food, 43% children under 5 suffer malnutrition, 48% of water supply from rivers so water borne diseases, 59yr life exp, highest infant mortality

what is governance like in democratic republic of congo

6.2m fleeing home due to conflict, 100 armed rebel groups making it hard for aid agencies, unstable gov

what is education like in democratic republic of congo

child can expect to achieve only 37% of potential, 164 out of 174 on human capital index in 2020

what is poverty and deprivation like in algeria

gdp per capita increased 27%, on track to achieve 37.7% of goals including poverty, oil revenues generated 93% of countries export earnings and accounted fro 38% of GDP, highest HDI in africa

what is education like in algeria

expected number of yrs of schooling increased by 3.5yrs, low literacy rates

what is healthcare like in algeria

life exp increased by 9yrs (76yrs), 77% rural pop lack access to safe sanitation

what is governance like in algeria

strong leadership and governance, sustainable development goal (SDG) score 70.83 so it is about 71% towards achieving all goals by 2030