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The
social well-being in the country
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The
average achievements
of a country in the development of important
aspects of the
social well-being of the people can be measured.
To
measure the social well-being of the people of a country,
it is common
to look at three aspects: Life expectancy, literacy and
infant mortality.
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Life
expectancy at birth |
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literacy
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infant mortality
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Life expectancy at birth
is the average number of years a newborn infant is expected to live (if
health and living conditions will remain the same
throughout its life).
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Literacy
is the ability to read and write.
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Infant
mortality is the number of infants, out of every 1000 babies born in a year, who die before reaching
the age of 1 year.
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these three aspects gives an impression about the
quality of health care and the education
facilities which are available in a country. |
Life
expectancy at birth and
infant mortality rate for
the Philippines
and
several other countries
| Countries |
Life
expectancy |
Infant
mortality
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* |
1998 |
2000 |
2000
- 2005 |
| The Philippines |
69 |
70 |
29,0 |
| Malaysia |
72 |
73 |
10,3 |
| Indonesia |
65 |
67 |
39,5 |
| Singapore |
77 |
78 |
4,6 |
| Thailand |
72 |
71 |
20,8 |
| China |
70 |
71 |
36,5 |
| Vietnam |
68 |
69 |
33,5 |
| Iraq |
-- |
65 |
63,5 |
| Afghanistan |
46 |
43 |
161,3 |
| Egypt |
-- |
68 |
40,5 |
| France |
78 |
79 |
5,0 |
| The
Netherlands |
78 |
78 |
4,5 |
| United
Kingdom |
77 |
78 |
5,4 |
| USA |
77 |
78 |
6,8 |
| The
World |
-- |
66 |
54,5 |
Source: United Nations Population Division,
The 2000 Revision
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Literacy
in the Philippines
In
1994 about 85 % of all the inhabitants in the age of 10 - 64 years were
able to read and write. In the urban areas this percentage was the
highest: 89 %. In the rural areas almost 82 percent of the persons
in the age of 10 - 64 could write and read simple texts. |
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