For your dropbox assignment, using the South University Online Library 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 and Nigeria.
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?
