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Infant Mortality Rate (IPM) |
The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths under one year of age occurring among the live births in a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 live births occurring among the population of the given geographical area during the same year. Number of deaths < 1/Births in the same year x 1,000 |
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) |
The number of children who would be born per woman (or per 1,000 women) if she/they were to pass through the childbearing years bearing children according to a current schedule of age-specific fertility rates. |
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Death Rate (crude) |
The total number of deaths per year per 1,000 people. |
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Birth Rate (crude) |
The number of live births occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 |
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Radon |
A colorless, radioactive, inert gaseous element formed by the radioactive decay of radium. |
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LD50 |
An LD50 represents the individual dose required to kill 50 percent of a population of test animals. |
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Municipal Waste |
A waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. |
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Industrial Waste |
Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is rendered useless during a manufacturing process such as that of factories, industries, mills, and mining operations. |
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Sanitary Landfill |
Sanitary landfills are sites where waste is isolated from the environment until it is safe. It is considered when it has completely degraded biologically, chemically and physically. |
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Renewable Resource |
A renewable resource is an organic natural resource which can replenish to overcome usage and consumption, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes. |
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Non Renewable Recource |
A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years. |
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Fossil Fuels |
a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. |
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Crude Oil |
Unrefined petroleum. |
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Watt |
The SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere. |
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Kilowatt hour |
A measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of 1,000 watts for 1 hour. |
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Energy Efficiency |
Energy efficiency is a way of managing and restraining the growth in energy consumption. Something is more energy efficient if it delivers more services for the same energy input, or the same services for less energy input. |
