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Explorer Scouts ; World Health
Question 1

What is the average life expectancy in the UK?
a) 46b) 64c) 80
Answer: 64

Question 2

Around how many people in the developing world go hungry everyday?
a) 800 thousandb) 88 millionc) 800 million
Answer: 800 million

Question 3

How many people a day are killed by tobacco related disease/illness around the world?
a) 11,000b) 12,000c) 8,000
Answer: 11,000

Question 4

How many people in developing countries live without adequate shelter or in unacceptable housing?
a) 1,000b) 8,000c) 1 billion
Answer: 1 billion

Question 5

How many people lack access to safe water?
a) 1 billionb) 1 billionc) 12,000
Answer: 1 billion

Question 6

2.4 billion people have no access to adequate sanitation, true or false?
Answer: False

Question 7

How many of the worlds children are affected by ill health?
a) 2/3b) 1/3c) 1/4
Answer: 2/3

Question 8

What are the annual figures for female deaths during pregnancy or childbirth?
a) 100,000b) 600,000c) 80,000
Answer: 600,000

Question 9

How many people newly contract sexually transmitted diseases every year?
a) 300 millionb) 10,000c) 80,000
Answer: 300 billion

Question 10

What is the total number of people who suffer from hunger?
a) 6 millionb) 100,000c) 800 million
Answer: 800 million

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