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Fertility
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Refers to the birthrate, when used in the context of studies of population
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Food Security
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Available, accessible and adequately nutritious food
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Incidence (of disease)
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the number of new cases that occur during a period of time
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Life Expectancy
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The average number of years at a given age that a person can be expected to live
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Morbidity
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Refers to disease
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Mortality
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Refers to Death
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Prevalence of Disease
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is the number of cases that exist at any given point in time
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PYLL (Potential Years of life lost)
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a mortality statistics that calculates the number of years of life lost by people who died before the age of 75
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The Debt Crisis
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The Debt that developing nations owe to developed nations
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Public Health
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The most significant cause of the decline in mortality rates historically. Includes nutrition, sanitation, birth control, hygiene and soon.
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