MUET - MARCH 2016 READING
People everywhere are living longer, according to the World Health Statistics 2014 published by World health organization (WHO). Based on global averages, a girl who was born in 2012 can expect to live to around 73 years, and a boy to the age of 68. This is six years longer than the average global life expectancy for a child born in 1990.
WHO's annual statistics report show that low income countries have are the greatest progress, with an average increase in life expectancy increased the most were Liberia which saw an 20-year increase (from 42 years in 1990 to 62 years in 2012) followed by Ethiopia (from 45 to 64 years0, Maldives (58 to 77 years), Cambodia (54 to 72 years), Timor-Leste (50 to 66 years).
"An important reason why global life expectancy has improved so much is that fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday." says Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. "But there is still a major rich-poor divide: People in high-income countries continue to have a much better chance of living longer than people in low-income countries."
Wherever they live in the world, women live longer than men. The gap between male and female life expectancy is greater in high-income countries where women life around six years longer than men. In low-income countries, the difference is around three years.
"In High-income countries, much of the gain life expectancy is due to success in tackling non-communicable diseases," says DR Ties Boerma, Director of the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems at WHO. "Fewer men and women are dying before they get to their 60th birthday from heart diseases and stroke. Richer countries have become better at monitoring and managing high blood pressure for example." Declining tobacco use is also a key factor in helping people living longer in several countries.
Questions:
1. According to WHO, a boy born in 1990 can expect to live until the age of 62.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
2. From 1990 to 2012, Cambodia showed an increase of life expectancy by 9 years
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
3. There is a major gap between rich and poor countries in terms of life expectancy since parents in richer countries have fewer children.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
4. Fewer children under the age of five are dying because parents' income has increased.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
5. Figure 1 shows that a boy born in 2012 in a high-income country can expect to live to the age of about 72.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
6. Women live longer because fewer of them smoke
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
7. In low-income countries, it is more difficult to control communicable than non-communicable diseases.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
Answers and Explanation:
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