Chart 3. Child Mortality Rate for Boys and Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,
1988-98 * (per 1,000)

Explore the Chart 3 Exercises

1. Study Chart 3 and answer the following questions:

1. In which region do boys and girls have the greatest chance of living beyond their fifth birthday?
2. In which region do they have the greatest chance of dying before their fifth birthday?
3. Go to the Map Gallery and compare these two regions on the Life Expectancy, Population Growth Rate, GNP per Capita, and Access to Safe Water maps. In what ways are they similar or different?
4. What do these comparisons suggest about the links between child mortality and these other indicators?
5. Based on your reading of the text and your own knowledge, what might be other reasons for the differences in child mortality in these two regions?

2. Look at the table below and then answer the questions.

COUNTRIES AND GNP PER CAPITA (HIGH, MIDDLE, LOW)	LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (1998)	CHILD MORTALITY RATE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS (1988-1998)		ADULT MORTALITY RATE PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS (1998)
		MALES	FEMALES	MALES	FEMALES
Côte d'Ivoire (L)	46	71	58	526	513
Jordan (M)	71	4	7	158	119
Mexico (M)	72	15	17	165	84
Pakistan (L)	62	22	37	172	152
Philippines (M)	69	21	19	197	149
Romania (M)	69	7	5	256	122
Trinidad and Tobago (M)	73	4	3	161	101

1. In which country(s) do female children (age 1 to 5) survive at a higher rate than males?
2. In which country(s) do adult (defined as age 15 to 60) females survive at a higher rate than adult males?
3. What does the text suggest may be a reason for why female children do not survive at a higher rate in some countries?

* Data unavailable for Middle East and North Africa region.

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