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Table: The Quality of Life in Five Countries


Country

GNP per head (1982: US dollars)

Daily calorie supply per head

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Infant mortality  (per 1000 live births

Bangladesh
Bolivia
Egypt
Indonesia
USA

140
570
690
580
13160

1877
2086
2950
2296
3653

40
50
56
49
74

132
124
97
87
12


As it can be seen from the table above, the qualitiy of life in five different countries is shown according to four main subjects in the year 1982. In general, it is seen that among these countries, the USA had the highest numbers in GNP, daily calorie supply and expected lifespan length per head whereas Bangladesh had the lowest amounts.

In 1982, Bangladesh had the highest percentage in infant mortality with %13,2 while the number of the GNP per head was not even equal to the half of the other countries' numbers. Despite the fact that it had the fewest numbers of daily calorie supply per head compared to other countries, the numbers of those are not so far from each other.

Overall in four subjects, there was not a huge difference between Bolivia and Indonesia's numbers. The USA had the peak in all of the four subjects except for infant mortality. In comparisons of the GNPs per head, the USA's amount was so big that even the second country with the highest number, Egypt, had values almost 20 times less than those in the USA. Life expectancy at birth had very close numbers in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Egypt and Indonesia. However, the USA's expected lifespan was much higher than the expected lifespans of those countries.





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