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NguyenJ

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The idea that homicide rates may be a misleading gauge of safety
 
  is particularly relevant in regard to the sub-Saharan region, given that:
  a. deaths in civil warsof the sort many poor nations in that region have seenare not counted in homicide rates.
  b. homicides tend to be underreported in the region, given government corruption and poverty.
  c. higher rates of crime in other violent and non-violent categories.
  d. Deaths in civil warsof the sort that many poor nations in the region have experiencedhave temporarily increased homicide rates in some cities.

Question 2

The following diagram demonstrates that:
 
  a. poor countries with very similar GDP per capita can have very different infant mortality rates.
  b. there exists little difference in infant mortality rates between the poorest and wealthiest nations.
  c. it is absolutely necessary for a country to reach extremely high income per capita to achieve low infant mortality rates.
  d. the outlier with the highest infant mortality rate has an infant mortality rate of a little over 80 per 1000.



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