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Life expectancy tells us how long people can live on average. In KS3 Geography you explore why it varies between countries and what it means for development.

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Fascinating Fact:

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live, and it is usually higher in richer countries with good healthcare.

In KS3 Geography, pupils investigate how population data reveals patterns of health and development. Life expectancy helps them compare countries, spot inequalities and think about how healthcare and living conditions can improve people’s lives.

Key Terms

  • Life expectancy: The average number of years people in a place are expected to live based on current death rates.
  • Infant mortality: The number of babies who die before their first birthday per thousand live births.
  • Quality of life: A measure of how comfortable and healthy people’s lives are, including income, housing and access to services.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do geographers work out life expectancy?

Geographers use data on how old people are when they die and calculate an average age for the whole population. This gives a single figure called life expectancy.

Why is life expectancy usually higher in rich countries?

Life expectancy is usually higher in rich countries because people often have better healthcare, clean water, good sanitation, safer jobs and more secure housing and food supplies.

What factors can reduce life expectancy in a country?

Life expectancy can fall when a country faces war, widespread disease, poor healthcare, unsafe water, malnutrition or frequent natural disasters that damage homes and services.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
Which of the following is most likely to have a sparse population density?
Employment opportunities
Good road links
Good shopping centres
Steep slopes
It's difficult to build and farm in such areas so very few people attempt it unless they have no other option
2 .
What is the best way to describe the UK's population?
Ageing
Coffin dodgers
Rapidly falling
Teenage
People are living longer so the average age in the UK is getting higher
3 .
How is natural population growth defined?
By how much the population numbers drop
How many tall people there are
The difference between birth rate and death rate
The number of migrants
Death rate includes infant mortality
4 .
Which is an argument against migration?
If immigrants return home they take new skills with them
Immigrants often do those jobs that nobody else wants
Immigrants send money back home to help their families
It can lead to prejudice
It's thought there are over 100,000 racial incidents in the UK each year - not all of them are reported
5 .
Population grows slowly in MEDCs. What is not a reason for this?
Contraception is readily available
It is expensive to raise a child
Many women choose to put a career before children
Women marry young
Women tend to marry younger in LEDCs and have more children sooner than women in MEDCs
6 .
In which of the following countries is rapid population growth most likely to have happened?
Canada
Ghana
Greece
Sweden
Ghana is in West Africa and is an LEDC. Many LEDCs have had a large population growth since international aid agencies have brought better healthcare and clean water supplies to remote communities
7 .
Moving by choice is what sort of migration?
Decisive
Forced
Temporary
Voluntary
Migration can be either internal or international
8 .
When a person moves for less than a year it is known as what?
Annual migration
Demi-migration
Partial migration
Temporary migration
An example would be a student going to university
9 .
If birth rate is higher than death rate what will happen?
Everyone will leave
Population will fall
Population will rise
Population will stay the same
This is referred to as a natural increase
10 .
The average number of children born to each woman is called the what?
Birthing rate
Fertility rate
Hatching rate
Maternity rate
It's used as one of the ways of measuring population growth and is a statistical figure rather than a measure of the fertility of the women in a particular country
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Population and migration

Author:  Jan Crompton (KS3 Geography & History Teacher, Professional Quiz Writer)
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