What Happened to the Death Rate in LDCs Following World

question 24

Multiple Choice

What happened to the death rate in LDCs following World War II? Why?

• A) It increased due to the loss of infrastructure following the war.
• B) It increased due to the spread of disease because of refugees from the war.
• C) It decreased because of the introduction of modern medicine.
• D) It decreased because people were no longer dying in World War II.
• E) It stabilized due to fewer people dying in war.

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