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How is age structure useful for health planning?

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Correct answer: It helps estimate different health needs of different age groups

Age structure shows how a population is divided among age groups, and each group usually has different health requirements. Children may need immunisation, maternal and child services, nutrition programmes, and school-health support. Working-age adults may need reproductive, occupational, and general medical services. Older people may need treatment for chronic illness, rehabilitation, home care, and support for long-term conditions.

Therefore, option A is correct. By knowing the size of each age group, health planners can estimate the likely demand for staff, medicines, clinics, hospitals, vaccination, and specialised services. Age structure does not directly estimate rainfall, industrial output, or transport distance; those require different kinds of information. It is especially useful because a population with many children needs a different health budget and service network from a population with many elderly people.

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Health PlanningAge GroupsChild HealthElderly CareAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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