Coursework Topic: The correlation between GDP per capita against Life expectancy at Birth in different countries

Life expectancy at birth and GDP per capita are two major indicators of a country's development. Life expectancy is one of a main social indicators. It is the average number of years a newborn infant would be expected to live if health and living conditions at the time of its birth remained the same throughout its life. It reflects the health of a country's people and the quality of care they receive when they are …showed first 75 words of 1478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1478 total…It is less reliable in countries that have less well developed. It is difficult to calculate and interpret in for the former centrally planned, socialist economies, where they have had a relatively small role in international trade and with few services. It hides extremes and uneven distribution of income between regions and across socio-economic groups, especially in ELDCs where there may be very few extremely wealthy people and a large majority living at subsistence level.