This map shows the mortality rate of HIV worldwide. From this we gather that HIV is very common in parts of Africa and quite common in Russia and parts of Asia. …show more content…
The reason they have more kids is a mixture of different factors. The first is economic reasons and the fact that maybe they can’t afford contraception and health care. The next is a government problems there is lots of corruption in Africa and not much money is spent on facilities there is not much health care there therefore the chances of actually having a kid are so low that they have to have it have sexual intercourse more so they have higher chance of having a kid. Next is a social factor because of education and the fact that they aren’t educated. Also in Africa the partners aren’t that loyal so it can spread a lot quicker and get to other people because there’s lots of …show more content…
Prevalence is a statistical concept referring to the number of cases of a disease that are present in a particular population at a given time and that can be any time and any population. It is used to record and track different diseases. It is usually a percentage. Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa, total (% of population ages 15–49), in 2011. From this we see that in 2011 South Africa men aged between 15 and 49, over 15% had HIV.
3. An epidemic is a widespread occurrence of a widespread disease in a community at a certain time. This can happen because of lack of hygiene and contamination. Also because countries are poor they may not be able to sanitize and clean the utensils used by the medics in that country. For example about a year age there was an epidemic in West Africa about Ebola which killed 9963