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Aging Index |
The number of people aged 65 years and older per 100 children age zero to 14 years in a given population |
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AIDS |
A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles |
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Arithmetic Density |
A measure of total population relative to land size. This is also called population density |
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Census |
A periodic and official count of a country’s population |
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Child Mortality Rate |
The recording of the deaths of children between the ages of 1 through 5 per thousand |
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Chronic Disease |
Also known as degenerative disease. This is a malady of longevity and old age. An example is heart disease |
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Crude Birth Rate |
The number of live births per year per thousand people in the population |
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Crude Death Rate |
The number of deaths per year per thousand people |
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Demographic Transition |
The shift in population growth, it is based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics -birth rate and death rate- to suggest that a country’s total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically. |
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Dot Map |
A common type of map used to display population. One mark is equal to a certain amount of people in an area. |
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Doubling Time |
The amount of time that it takes a population to multiple by 2 |
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Endemic |
A disease that spreads over a small area |
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Eugenic Population Policy |
A policy that some governments have engaged in which is designed to favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others |
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Expansive Population Policy |
A policy held by the former Soviet Union and other communist societies in which large families were encouraged in order to increase the RNI |
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Genetic Disease |
Also known as inherited disease. This is an illness that can be traced back through ancestry such as sickle cell anemia or hemophilia. |
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Infant Mortality Rate |
One of the leading measures of the condition of a country’s population. This is the number of babies who die during the first year of birth per 1000 live births. |
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Infectious Disease |
About 65% of all diseases fall under this category. They result from an invasion of parasites that multiply within the body. An example is Malaria. |
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Life Expectancy |
The average number of years that someone may expect to stay alive. |
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Megalopolis |
A huge urban area that has extremely large populations. |
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One-Child Policy |
A program established in 1979 by the Chinese government to slow population growth in China. |
