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Demography |
The study of population, but most often refers to the study of human population. |
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Age Structure |
The distribution of ages in a specific population at the certain time. |
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Survivorship |
The percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age. |
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Fertility Rate |
The number of babies born each year per 1,000 women in a population. |
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Migration |
The movement of individuals between areas. |
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Life Expectancy |
A statistical measure of how long an organism may live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex.
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Demographic Transition |
The transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.
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