Question

Which statement best analyzes the infant mortality rate of Haiti compared to Cuba based on this chart?

A. Haiti’s infant mortality rate is 10 times as high as Cuba’s.
B. Cuba has the best health care of all the Central American nations.
C. Haiti and Cuba have similar infant mortality rates.
D. Cuba’s infant mortality rate is much higher than Haiti’s.

Answer 1

Haiti's infant mortality rate is 10 times as high as Cuba's

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A. Haiti’s infant mortality rate is 10 times as high as Cuba’s.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of Haiti's infant mortality rate to Cuba's is ...

62.33/5.93 ≈ 10.5

Thus the first statement is true:

Haiti’s infant mortality rate is 10 times as high as Cuba’s.

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Based on infant mortality rates alone, we might conclude that Cuba's health care is the best of the nations listed. However, there are more indicators of the goodness of a health care system than infant mortality rate, so that conclusion is not supported by this data.