Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the problem with using life expectancy as a measure of health? Though there used to be a strong relationship between income and life expectancy, these differences have all but disappeared with the spread of modern medicine to even the poorest countries. Increases in life expectancy in both developed and developing countries are driven by improvements in old- age health, so we do not get an accurate picture of child mortality. Life expectancy gives you the average for a country, but overlooks significant differences between groups within countries. Cross country differences in life expectancy at birth are much smaller than differences in life expectancy at age 15 since there are such large differences in old-age health across countries.
Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the problem with using life expectancy as a measure of health? Though there used to be a strong relationship between income and life expectancy, these differences have all but disappeared with the spread of modern medicine to even the poorest countries. Increases in life expectancy in both developed and developing countries are driven by improvements in old- age health, so we do not get an accurate picture of child mortality. Life expectancy gives you the average for a country, but overlooks significant differences between groups within countries. Cross country differences in life expectancy at birth are much smaller than differences in life expectancy at age 15 since there are such large differences in old-age health across countries.
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![Which of the following is the most accurate statement
regarding the problem with using life expectancy as a
measure of health?
Though there used to be a strong relationship between
income and life expectancy, these differences have all but
disappeared with the spread of modern medicine to even
the poorest countries.
Increases in life expectancy in both developed and
developing countries are driven by improvements in old-
age health, so we do not get an accurate picture of child
mortality.
Life expectancy gives you the average for a country, but
overlooks significant differences between groups within
countries.
Cross country differences in life expectancy at birth are
much smaller than differences in life expectancy at age
15 since there are such large differences in old-age health
across countries.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7b8c9b98-5fbd-4d31-a6f4-3d74ac9a7d10%2F3ab8d7ed-d980-474d-a591-75a6bf1e7865%2Fgwt93a_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following is the most accurate statement
regarding the problem with using life expectancy as a
measure of health?
Though there used to be a strong relationship between
income and life expectancy, these differences have all but
disappeared with the spread of modern medicine to even
the poorest countries.
Increases in life expectancy in both developed and
developing countries are driven by improvements in old-
age health, so we do not get an accurate picture of child
mortality.
Life expectancy gives you the average for a country, but
overlooks significant differences between groups within
countries.
Cross country differences in life expectancy at birth are
much smaller than differences in life expectancy at age
15 since there are such large differences in old-age health
across countries.
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