问答题 Directions:
You are going to read the following table in which the causes of death in country X from 1990 to 1994 are showed. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. You should write about 120 words according to the table, telling about:
1) The distribution of the causes of death in country X.
2) The changes of the causes from 1990 to 1994.
3) If possible, tell the main reason of the changes.
Table for death per 100,000 population in country X from 1990 to 1994:
Year Heart Disease Pneumonia Suicide Cancer Accidents
1990 114 95 82 52 65
1991 130 80 75 50 68
1992 134 89 75 50 68
1993 135 84 74 54 68
1994 143 83 65 52 65
【正确答案】
【答案解析】The causes of death in country X listed in the table are heart disease, pneumonia, suicide, cancer, and accidents respectively. From the table it can be seen that the leading cause of death in this country from 1990 to 1994 was heart disease. There was a rising death rate of heart disease. In 1990, 114 per 100,000 people died of heart disease, but the number increased to 143 per 100,000 in 1994, an increase of 29 deaths. This shows that people"s living pressure increased with the development of economy.
Next to heart disease was pneumonia, the second leading cause of death. The pneumonia death rate was decreasing during this period, but still 83 per 100,000 people died of this disease in 1994. This was due to the lack of health care and health education.
Both suicide and accidents were the third leading causes of death in 1994. The suicide rate decreases from 82 per 100,000 people in 1990 to 65 per 100,000 people in 1994, and the death rate of accidents was fairly stable during the past years.
Cancer ranked as the fourth leading cause of death with 52 per 100,000 people in 1994. The death rate remains relatively steady over three years, like the accident rate.