Data Interpretation: United States and Nigeria

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Data Interpretation: United States and Nigeria

Using scholarly articles or the Internet, research and compare the demography and health indicators for Nigeria and the United States.

Note: Click here to view the links that you can refer to for research about the demography and health indicators for the United States.

http://www.who.int/countries/usa/en/

Click here to view the links that you can refer to for research about the demography and health indicators for Nigeria.

http://www.who.int/countries/nga/en/

Based on your research, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, answering the following questions:

• Compare the annual population growth rate of both countries. What factors do you think are contributing to the differences observed between the two countries?

• Compare the composition of the population of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?

• Compare the dependency ratio of both countries. What does it suggest about each country?

• Compare the mortality rates of both countries. Which age groups do you think are the most affected in each country? Is there a gender difference in mortality rates? Why or why not?

In your opinion, what are the factors that might contribute to the differences in mortality rates of both countries?

• Which age group is benefiting the most from healthcare interventions in each country?

• What does the life expectancy at birth and at sixty years tell you about each country?

• If you were a public health official looking at these data for the first time, what questions and assumptions might come up that you would want to further investigate?