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Although child mortality rates have dropped by more than 50% since 1990, in 2015 it was still the case that 16,000 children under five years old died each day. The mortality rates for children under five varied from 1.9 per 1000 in Luxembourg to 156.9 per 1000 in Angola. Although the data set includes 213 countries, the child mortality rates of 22 countries were not available on the World Health Organization database. The data set is too large to show, so the table contains the data for the first five countries Country Aruba Andorra Afghanistarn Angola Albania Child mortality rate (per 1000) 2.800 91.100 156.900 14.000 To access the complete data set, click the link for your preferred software format Excel Minitab JMP SPSS TI R Mac-TXT PCTXT CSV Crunchlet (a) Why do you think mortality rates are measured as the number of deaths per 1000 children under age ive rather thar simply the number of deaths? O Actually, the data set would be better if it looked at total number of deaths. O Because the countries have varying populations. O Because this will help keep the mortality rates lower whioh makes the math easier. O Because total number of deaths would cast lerger countrice in a negative light.

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