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1. In which region of the world is the risk of dying during pregnancy or from pregnancy related causes the highest?

a) North and South America
b) South America and Asia
c) Africa and South Asia

2. What percent of all disability and premature death among reproductive health-age women in sub-Saharan Africa were due to reproductive illnesses?

a) 40 percent
b) 30 percent
c) 60 percent

3. How many times more likely are women to acquire HIV than men?

a) 5 to 10 times higher
b) 50 times higher
c) 2 times higher

4. What is the estimated cost needed per year to meet the world population's basic reproductive health needs by year 2015?

a) $10 million
b) $22 billion
c) $15 billion

5. What is the average cost of one condom?

a) .3¢
b) .59¢
c) .93¢

6. How many people worldwide who live on less than $1 a day?

a) 80 million
b) 1.2 billion
c) 5 million

7. What percentage of the people who live on less than $1 a day are women?

a) 50 percent)
b) 35 percent
c) 70 percent

8. Approximately how many women die each year from pregnancy-related causes?

a) 500,000
b) 100,000
c) 250,000

9. Of the women who die each year from pregnancy-related causes, what percentage of them live in the developing world?

a) 85 percent
b) 99 percent
c) 50 percent

Sources: World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
Population Action International
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

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