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Aging index

The number of people aged 65 years and older per 100 children aged zero to 14 years in a given population

AIDS

A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

Arithmetic density

A measure of total population relative to land size. This is also called population density.

Census

A periodic and official count of a country’s population

Child Mortality Rate

The recording of the deaths of children between the ages of 1 through 5 per thousand

Chronic Diseases

Also known as degenerative disease. This is a malady of longevity and old age. An example is heart disease

Crude Birth Rate

The number of live births per year per thousand people in the population

Crude Death Rate

The number of deaths per year per thousand people

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

Dot map

A common type of map used to display population. One mark is equal to a certain amount of people in an area

Doubling time

The amount of time that it takes a population o multiple by 2.

Endemic

A disease that spreads over a small area

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

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

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

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 life per 1000 live births.

Infectious Disease

About 65% percent of all diseases fall under this category. They result from an invasion of parasites that multiple within the body. An example is Malaria.

Life Expectancy

The average number of years that someone may expect to stay alive.

Megalopolis

A huge urban area that has extremely large populations

One-child Policy

A program established by the Chinese government in 1979 to slow population growth in China.