Observation

Only very few candidates attempted this question and the performance of those who attempted it was generally poor. Many of the candidates could not satisfactorily define death rate and population explosion.
Population explosion is the rapid increase in the population of a place over a short period of time. The factors that influence death rate in Tropical Africa were also poorly answered by the candidates. The expected answers were: improvement in health care, diseases and epidemics, improved standard of living, improved sanitation and hygiene, wars and conflicts, education, improvement in food production, level of economic development, natural disasters, frequent accidents, family planning and poverty.