The nurse prepares a presentation about the World Health Organization's World Health Statistics Report for 2013. Which trend is mentioned in this report?
A) Children in low-income countries are 2 times more likely to die before reaching the age of 5 years than children in high-income countries.
B) Every day 800 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
C) Zimbabwe now has a higher life expectancy than 7 out of 10 countries in Eastern Europe.
D) Almost 5% of the world's adult population has diabetes.
Ans: B
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The report includes the following statistics. Every day, about 800 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Children in low-income countries are 16 times more likely (not 2 times more likely) to die before reaching the age of 5 years than children in high-income countries. China, not Zimbabwe, now has a higher life expectancy at birth than 7 out of 10 countries in Eastern Europe. Almost 10%, not 5%, of the world's adult population has diabetes, measured by elevated fasting blood glucose (?126 mg/dL).
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