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Demography |
The study of population statistics E.g. : births, deaths, income, education, disease, etc. |
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Crude Birth Rate |
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society |
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Crude Death Rate |
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society |
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Overpopulation |
When the number of people in an area exceed the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living |
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Carrying Capacity |
The largest number of people that an environment can support |
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Ecumene |
An area where people can live E.g. : water, food, flat terrain |
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Underpopulation |
When there are too few people in an area to sufficiently develop its resources and improve its peoples quality of life E.g. some places around the world like Africa |
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Arithmetic Density |
The total number of people divided by the total number of land area |
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Physiological Density |
The total number of people per unit of arable (farmable) land. More helpful than arithmetic density |
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Demographic transition model |
Stage 1= low growth stage 2= high growth stage 3= moderate growth stage 4= low growth A country moves from high birth and death rates through time |
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Infant mortality rate |
The number of babies per 1000 births, who die before their first birthday |
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Total fertility rate |
The average number of babies that an average women delivers during her childbearing years |
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Zero population Growth |
When crude birth rates equals crude death rate |
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Population Pyramid |
A model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population |
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Population projection |
An estimate of future population growth based on current data trends |
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Dependency Ratio |
The number of people aged 0-14 and 65+ who cannot work and are dependent on the workforce for support |
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Doubling time |
The number of years that it takes for a country to double it's population |
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J-curve |
Places countries on a scale based on their openness and stability |
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Agricultural Density
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number of people living in rural areas per unit of agricultural land
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Epidemiological Transition
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portion of earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement
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Epidemiology
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distribution and control of diseases that are prevalent among population
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Malthusian Theory (Thomas Malthus)
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population was grown rapidly, while food production not.
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Medical Revolution
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medical technology invented in europe and north america that is diffused to poorer countries in latin america, ask and arrived. improved medical practices and technology
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Natural Increase Rate (nic)
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crude death rate subtracted from the crude birth rate
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Non Ecumene
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number of people in an area exceeds the capacity if the environment to support life
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Pandemic
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number of persons per agricultural land
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Sex Ratio
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number of babies born per reproductive age woman
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Life Expectancy
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the average period that a person may expect to live.
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Standard of Living |
the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
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Pro-Natalist (Expansive) Policy |
the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
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Anti-Natalist (Restrictive) Policy |
position that assigns a negative value to birth or claims that one should not reproduce. It stands in opposition to natalism.
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Boserup Theory |
agricultural methods depend on the size of the population.
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Contraception |
the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
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