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Crude Birth Rate |
number of births per 1,000 individuals per year; called "crude" because population safe structure is not taken into account |
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Crude Death Rate |
number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year |
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Crude Growth Rate |
net number added per 1,000 individuals per year; also equal to the crude birth rate minus crude death rate |
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Fertility |
pregnancy or the capacity to become pregnant or to have children |
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General Fertility Rate |
number of live births expected in a year per 1,000 woman aged 15-49, considered the childbearing years |
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) |
the average number of children expected to be born to a woman throughout her childbearing years |
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Age-specific Birth Rate |
number of births expected per year among a fertility-specific age group of women in a population. the fertility-specific age group is, in theory, all ages of women that could have children. In practice, it is typically assumed to be all women 15 and 49 years old. |
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Cause-specific Death Rate |
the number of deaths from one cause per 100,00 total deaths |
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Morbidity |
a general term meaning the occurrence of disease and illness in a population |
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Incidence |
with respect to disease, the number of people contracting a disease during a specific time period, usually measured per 100 people |
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Prevalence |
with respect to a disease, the number of people afflicted at a particular time |
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Case Fatality Rate |
the percentage of people who die once they contract a disease |
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Rate of Natural Increase |
the birth rate minus the death rate, implying an annual rate of population growth not including migration |
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Doubling Time |
the number of years it takes for a population to double, assuming a constant rate of natural increase |
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Infant Mortality Rate |
the annual number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1,000 live births |
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Life Expectancy Rate |
the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live given current mortality rates |
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GNP per Capita |
gross national product (GNP), which includes the values of all domestic and foreign output. |
