Demography

Upon researching the internet, I came across an article that caught my attention right away: the “top 10 leading causes of death”. This particular article explains the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2013. Nearly 75% of all deaths in the US are contributed by these ten diseases. Heart disease ranks number one with 611,105 deaths. In the United States heart diseases accounts for 1 in every 4 deaths affecting more men than women (Nichols, 2015). Cancer (malignant neoplasms)…

The make-up of the population in Hilo is predominantly female. As previously mentioned there are two locations both situated at the center of each city with one being in Kona and the other located on the east side of the island, in Hilo. According to the US Census bother areas are different with regards to the cultural population the currently exist. Hilo presents a larger and more predominate Asian population where as in Kailua Kona, the dominate population appears to be the Caucasians.…

Marcia Eymann moved to California in 1990 to take a job at the Oakland Museum of California and from her orientation she was invited to look inside the lives of U.S. Vietnam war veterans who came to California during that time. Eymann would later help develop an exhibition at the museum that would depict California’s role in the Vietnam era. This exhibition along with articles written by various sources who lived in California during this time would collectively create the book What’s Going On?…

The baby boom represents the era with a substantial increase in births between the years 1946-1965. In 1946, after almost 20 years of economic depression, Canadians finally had a chance at the ‘American Dream’ working 9-5, the uprise of suburbia, time for recreational activities and travel. This new economic freedom led to more marriages and ultimately more children. Although what happens when 9.6 million children grow up at the same time in Canada and enter the workforce, then later grow old…

The impact of Africa’s future demographic dividend depends on numerous economic variables that are easily projectable but easily susceptible to change. An in-depth analysis is needed to fully understand the future potential of the African economy while factoring a range of possibilities in the economy. When looking at the expected population pyramids of Sub Saharan Africa and comparing it to that of developed area like Europe, we begin to see dramatic differences between the two regions. As of…

1.0 Introduction As Australia’s population is increasingly ageing, several challenges and opportunities are arising for organisations nation-wide (The Australian, 2016). Several potential problems in this business include the need for succession planning (D’Netto, 1995). As expressed in the article” Volunteering in Australia 2012”, by Volunteering Australia, this need is caused by the growing population and therefore increasing demand for volunteer-based organisations, “More volunteers are…

Constantino Ayala Ms. Lindell College Writing 26 January 2014 Why are There So Many of Us? Overpopulation is still an issue in the world. More people are being born than there are people who are dying,and that is an issue. There has to be a constant balance between the two, so there is a good balance between supply and demand on earth in terms of resources used. With greater availability of food for years now, it has really had a toll on the amount of humans now living and still increasing…

Worldwide population growth is an issue that grows more and more urgent with each passing day. Our earth is nearing its capacity, and its important that we address this issue to avoid a worldwide state of emergency. Garrett Hardin and Clark Wolf both discuss this issue in detail, and offer their own solutions on how we should solve this problem. However, while Hardin presents a valid view of our world population problems, Wolf provides a more well rounded argument, and goes further to provide…

Justification: In the Demographic Transition Model, Canada is currently in the Low Stationary stage which is Phase 4. There are many other developed countries that are in this phase like USA, UK, Japan, and Australia. For a country to be in this stage it would have to have both birth and death rate that is low which is a result of good healthcare, family planning etc. In the chart shown above, Canada has a low birth rate of 10 per 1000 people and a low death rate of 8 per 1000 people in the…

Death. The end of life. The total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism (dictionary.com). Death is the absolute ending to a living thing. This concept at first is difficult to grasp. As a child, one doesn’t understand the finality of it. How does a more intellectually capable human explain to a young mind about this final event? Lies of a “long sleep” or “happy trip” are told to them to keep the idea simple. In reality though, the idea of death is a very complex…