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Age structure |
Percentage of the population (or number of people of each gender) at each age level in a population |
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Birth rate |
Annual number of live births per 1,000 people in the poplutation of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. |
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Crude birth rare |
Annual number of live births per 1,000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. |
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Crude death rare |
Annual number of deaths per 1,000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. |
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Cultural carring capacity |
The limit on population growth that would allow most people in an area or in the world to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations. |
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Demographic transition |
Hypothesis that countries, as they become industrialized, have declines in death rates followed by declines in birth rates. |
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Family planning |
Providing information, clinical services and contraceptives to help people choose the number and spacing of children they want to have. |
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Infant mortality rate |
Number of babies out of every 1,000 born each year who die before their first birthday. |
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Life expectancy |
Average number of years a newborn infant can be expected to live. |
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Migration |
Movement of people into and out of specific geographic areas. |
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Population change |
Increase or decrease in the size of a population, it is equal to (births + immigration)-(deaths + emigration). |
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Urban area |
Geographic area containing a community with a population of 2,500 or more. The minimum number of people used in this definition varies among countries, from 2,500 to 50,000 |
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Urban sprawl |
Growth of low-density development on the edges of cities and towns. |
Cities and towns |
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Urbanization |
Creation or growth of urban areas, or cities, and their surrounding developed land. |
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