Help on Netherlands Project?

For geography class I have to do a project with a partner on the Netherlands. I specifically am researching the birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate. I found those easily, but now I have to research WHY they are what they are. (This is the main purpose of the project)

The problem is I have no idea why they are what they are. There is nothing on the internet or books (that I can find) on why the Netherlands have a low death rate, or why they have a low infant mortality rate, or anything else. My teacher said we might have to infer the information, but I'm having trouble with that too, since I don't know what to infer from.

So maybe some of you can help me? If you know anything about the Netherlands - perhaps a website, or just knowledge from your head - then I would really appreciate it.

green_river wrote:For geography class I have to do a project with a partner on the Netherlands. I specifically am researching the birth rate, death rate, and infant mortality rate. I found those easily, but now I have to research WHY they are what they are. (This is the main purpose of the project)

The problem is I have no idea why they are what they are. There is nothing on the internet or books (that I can find) on why the Netherlands have a low death rate, or why they have a low infant mortality rate, or anything else. My teacher said we might have to infer the information, but I'm having trouble with that too, since I don't know what to infer from.

So maybe some of you can help me? If you know anything about the Netherlands - perhaps a website, or just knowledge from your head - then I would really appreciate it.

The Netherlands have a madly liberal--or laissez-faire--policy on abortion and euthanasia. Many infants aren't born, especially if they're diagnosed in utero with a mental or physical disability.

That may explain low mortality. Though what it does for the other issues? you'll be trapped again infering.

Think 'effects' and go over causes able to elicit such--standard of living? What sort of society are they? Certainly no longer agrarian. Are their cities clean? What of the crime rate?

Of course, those are more questions, not answers. [url=wikipedia.org]Wikipedia[/url] can give you more statistics, and perhaps a bit more.

Thanks for replying, Imp, I need all the help I can get.