AEDECON 4597.01
Term Paper #1
Scott F. McDermott
9/21/14
Brazil- South America
As you may have figured out by now, I have chosen to write my series of papers on Brazil. The reasoning that went into my choice was based on the fact that I am heavily involved in agriculture and Brazil has a very heavy agriculture sector. This country which lies on the Eastern part of South America takes up the better part of the continent and borders the Atlantic ocean to its East and Peru to its direct west. The country has an area of 8,514,877 sq km which is the 5th largest ranking country by land mass in the world. Brazil also has a population of approximately 202,656,788 as of July 2014(CIA, 2014) which makes it the 6th most populated country as well. …show more content…
Over a ten year period the mortality rate for all ages by way of all causes increased by 15.7% between 2002 and 2012(WHO, 2014) The birth rate of Brazil for all sexes decreased by 19.6% between 2000 and 2010 and the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) of women in Brazil decreased by 15.8% between the years of 2003 and 2013(CIA, 2014). Lastly the Brazilian population growth rate has decreased 44.4% between 2003 and 2013. OK so we’ve got all this data but what does it quantify into? This means that Brazil’s population is slowly becoming planar and much more like that of developed nations who work to increase fertility and life-span and decrease mortality. But wait, Brazil’s mortality rate has increased? Yes, this just means that although Brazil is continuously working to improve the lives of its citizens it is still developing. There are an innumerable amount circumstances that could be the cause of the increase in mortality rate. I speculate that in the majority of cases it is related to lack of food and drug regulations, the inability to attain a suitable and sanitary water source, and lack of proper waste management that most brazilians face on a day to day basis. Furthermore I will contribute the lack of these resources to the fact that the distribution of wealth is so uneven in Brazil that only the wealthiest of Brazil’s 200 million plus people can afford the luxuries that we take for granted everyday here in the United States. Compare those same statistics with those of both Peru and Argentina and it will paint the same picture for
Term Paper #1
Scott F. McDermott
9/21/14
Brazil- South America
As you may have figured out by now, I have chosen to write my series of papers on Brazil. The reasoning that went into my choice was based on the fact that I am heavily involved in agriculture and Brazil has a very heavy agriculture sector. This country which lies on the Eastern part of South America takes up the better part of the continent and borders the Atlantic ocean to its East and Peru to its direct west. The country has an area of 8,514,877 sq km which is the 5th largest ranking country by land mass in the world. Brazil also has a population of approximately 202,656,788 as of July 2014(CIA, 2014) which makes it the 6th most populated country as well. …show more content…
Over a ten year period the mortality rate for all ages by way of all causes increased by 15.7% between 2002 and 2012(WHO, 2014) The birth rate of Brazil for all sexes decreased by 19.6% between 2000 and 2010 and the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) of women in Brazil decreased by 15.8% between the years of 2003 and 2013(CIA, 2014). Lastly the Brazilian population growth rate has decreased 44.4% between 2003 and 2013. OK so we’ve got all this data but what does it quantify into? This means that Brazil’s population is slowly becoming planar and much more like that of developed nations who work to increase fertility and life-span and decrease mortality. But wait, Brazil’s mortality rate has increased? Yes, this just means that although Brazil is continuously working to improve the lives of its citizens it is still developing. There are an innumerable amount circumstances that could be the cause of the increase in mortality rate. I speculate that in the majority of cases it is related to lack of food and drug regulations, the inability to attain a suitable and sanitary water source, and lack of proper waste management that most brazilians face on a day to day basis. Furthermore I will contribute the lack of these resources to the fact that the distribution of wealth is so uneven in Brazil that only the wealthiest of Brazil’s 200 million plus people can afford the luxuries that we take for granted everyday here in the United States. Compare those same statistics with those of both Peru and Argentina and it will paint the same picture for