Somalia has infant mortality rates above 100 infants per 1,000 births.

a. True

b. False

The answer is false. The life expectancy at birth was 49 years, but the life expectancy at age 1 was 54 years. Infants who survive the first year of life do have a higher life expectancy than newborns. Typically, life expectancy at age 1 is higher than life expectancy at age 0 (birth). The reason is that once an infant survives the first year of life, the probability of survival for the rest of its life is better.