Question

Residents of poor countries tend to have higher rates of infant mortality because:_______

Answer 1

They have lower GDP rates which do not allow them to invest more in health care.

Step-by-step explanation:

Countries that are poor economically have higher infant mortality rates than the countries which are developed and economically rich. Countries like Somalia, Afghanistan, Central African Republic are poor countries and their GDP is very less than developing and developed countries so they invest less in the health care sector compared to developing and developed countries.

Due to this reason, the health care system is poor in these countries and the infant mortality rate is very high. For example in 2018 the infant mortality rate of Afghanistan was 110.6 and Afghanistan was at first position in infant mortality rate.