Globally, the ten leading risk factors account for how many childhood deaths a year in developing countries?
over 100,000
over 300,000
over 1,000,000
over 3,000,000
Many countries in Africa had a rate of 0.03 or fewer physicians per 1,000 people between 1990 and 1998. Which country had the highest ratio of physicians per thousand?
Italy
Cuba
Spain
Israel
What percentage of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) did the United States allot to health expenditure in the year 2000?
1%
5%
13%
25%
Life expectancy at birth in sub-Saharan Africa is currently estimated at 47 years; without AIDS it is estimated that it would be around how many years?
47 years
52 years
57 years
62 years
How many deaths a year are attributed to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene?
170,000
17 million
1.7 million
7 million
Which of the following diseases was the cause of the early deaths of Henry David Thoreau (at age 45), Frédéric Chopin (at age 39), and Robert Louis Stevenson (at age 34)?
malaria
pneumonia
cholera
tuberculosis
Which vaccine-preventable disease invades the nervous system and can cause paralysis in a matter of hours?
hepatitis B
polio
yellow fever
diphtheria
Which vaccine-preventable disease may be acquired through the bite of an infected mosquito?
hepatitis B
polio
yellow fever
diphtheria