Italy’s Health and Wealth Report

Country Report
Your task is to write a one-page country report where you review another country’s health and financial condition.

You should start this report with a brief Overview.

TEACHER EXAMPLE: Everything in italics are just examples using Jamaica as my country:Overview: Jamaica is an island country of almost 3 million people located in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaicans speak a patois language heavily influenced by English since the country was a colony from the United Kingdom for 200 years. While poverty, unemployment, and low GDP per capita are issues facing the country, Jamaica has shown steady improvement on the health and financial outcomes of its population…

Next, have one section on Health and one on Wealth. You can use bullet points in some areas but use mostly full sentences in the report. Feel free to include tables/graphs/charts/figures as an appendix.

TEACHER EXAMPLE: Health: Jamaica lacks a comprehensive healthcare system. People living outside major cities have no access to doctors or clinics. Jamaicans live an average of XX year and infant mortality is at XX per 100,000 deliveries. …

TEACHER EXAMPLE: Wealth: While industry and agriculture are important sectors of the Jamaican industry, the service sectors accounts for about half of the country’s GDP. Mining is also a strong part of the its economy. Jamaica GDP is per capita is at $XXX/year.

Finish your report by adding a section that represents something interesting about your country’s health or wealth that we – the US – can learn from.
Use your own headings.

Some possible information to discuss/review (this is not an exhaustive list – feel free to ad or discount what you find relevant or irrelevant:
Type of healthcare system
Mortality / Child Mortality Causes of Death / Infectious Diseases Hospitals / Beds / Doctors per Capita Health Expenses
Food habits / Diet Sedentary life / physical activity Alcohol and Tobacco usage
Standard of Living / GDP per capita / Economy Unemployment
Savings rate
Retirement plans
Use of credit cards
Buying a home or a car/Credit market Violence / Property crime
Poverty rate / Homelessness

Feel free to use an extra page for references/figures/tables/etc. – the one-page maximum is for the written (text) part of the memo.