MEDC- More Economically Developed country
LEDC- Less Economically developed country
The MEDC's Got Money with them and are Developed
Whereas the LEDC's are out of Money and Development
MEDC
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LEDC
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Birth
rate
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low 10-16 babies born per 1000 people
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high
20-45 people born per 1000
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Death rate
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low due to good health
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high due to poor
health care and a wide spread
disease
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Natural Increase
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Low (below 1%)
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high (2-3.5% or more)
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Infant
morality
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very
few children die before the age of five in medc's
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A high proportion of
children die before the age of 5 in ledc's due to poor health care.
About 35,000 babies die everyday ledc's
due to poor health and lack of food
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People
per doctor
|
A
majority of people in medc's have access to doctor
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few
people in ledc's have access to doctors unless they are wealthy
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Housing
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housing in medc's is
adequate for a majority of people .Most people
have access to clean running
water
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Housing in ledc's is often
inadequate with no access to clean water or electricity. Shanty
towns are large areas which develop in ledc's and consist of
poorly built properties
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Literacy
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literacy rates in
MEDC's are high because majority of children have access to free education
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literacy rates in
LEDC's are low because people cannot afford to send their children to schools
due to a lack of teachers
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GNP
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The
rich MEDC's (with a GNP over US$10,000) are in the continents of North
America, Europe and Australasia. Japan in Asia is also in this group
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The
poorest LEDC’s (with GNP's under US$1250) are mainly in the continents of
Africa and Asia.
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