DATA ANALYSIS Health care is often considered a basic human right in more developed portions of the world, but large parts of Southwest Asia and North Africa are poorly served by health-care providers. The World Health Organization (WHO) Ori men http //goo gl/oSKSFa gathers data on the number of physicians per 1000 population, which can be used as a measure of mic access to health care as well as social development. According to recent data, the United States had nd about 2.5 physicians per 1000 and Germany about 3.9. Go to the WHO website (www.who.int) and access the data/interactive atlas page on physicians CO- rkey, per 1000 population. he wth 030 1. Make your own data table and map showing the regional pattern of health-care access across Southwest Asia and North Africa. 2. In a few sentences, summarize the general patterns and trends you see. How would you explain some of the major variations you observe across the region? 3. Compare the pattern you see for physicians with the map in the text on childhood mortality (Figure 7.44). What similarities and differences do you see? How might these two indicators be a good measure of future social development? How might they predict political stability? DATA ANALYSIS Health care is often considered a basic human right in more developed portions of the world, but large parts of Southwest Asia and North Africa are poorly served by health-care providers. The World Health Organization (WHO) Ori men http //goo gl/oSKSFa gathers data on the number of physicians per 1000 population, which can be used as a measure of mic access to health care as well as social development. According to recent data, the United States had nd about 2.5 physicians per 1000 and Germany about 3.9. Go to the WHO website (www.who.int) and access the data/interactive atlas page on physicians CO- rkey, per 1000 population. he wth 030 1. Make your own data table and map showing the regional pattern of health-care access across Southwest Asia and North Africa. 2. In a few sentences, summarize the general patterns and trends you see. How would you explain some of the major variations you observe across the region? 3. Compare the pattern you see for physicians with the map in the text on childhood mortality (Figure 7.44). What similarities and differences do you see? How might these two indicators be a good measure of future social development? How might they predict political stability
