Demography

1. Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) defines life expectancy as “the average number of years a person is expected to live on the basis of current mortality rate and prevalence distribution of health states in a population”. In India, the average life expectancy which used to be around 48 in 1980 rose to 62 in 2000 and is almost 70 years in 2015. The reasons for the improvement in life expectancy are due to better availability of food, health and medical facilities. However, with…

Assessing patterns and causes of mortality rates in England (16th to 19th century AD) When researching into to the topic of mortality rates, (Scott et al, 2005) observes that it is very complex to understand the historical patterns of mortality in England and that the ‘demographic parameters of mortality decline are unclear’. Mortality rate can vary when studying various types of geographic settings, different periods of time and on the age and gender allocation of a given population. Scientist…

The study design of the Evans study was based upon the use of both direct interview and observational study methods. For the direct interview methods, social demographic data, medical variables, employment status, and subjective indicators were obtained via personal interview Interviewers were trained during a three-day training session to ensure uniform interview processes. Completed interviews were obtained from 90% of eligible patients (Evans et al, 1985). The responses to these interview…

Thailand is a small country in Southeast Asia. There are 77 provinces in the country, and the capital city of Thailand is Bangkok or “Krung Thep”. The population of Thailand is about 68 million people (WHO). The population growth rate is around 3 percent annually. Thailand’s health care system ranked 47th out of 191 countries in the world that were ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000. Currently, Thailand has approximately 1,000 hospitals and 9,500 health centers. The 1,000…

In the last two hundred years, the earth has seen an astonishingly dramatic increase in the human population on earth. Humans have been on this planet for an estimated three million years and we have grown to a current population of approximately seven billion. Environmental scientists question the limits of the earth and how long many people it can accommodate before too much of a toll is taken and the population can no longer be sustained by the resources we have on earth. For thousands of…

Out of This Furnace Essay Out of this Furnace is a historical novel by Thomas Bell depicting three generations of a Slovakian immigrant family and their many hardships encountered in the their lifetimes, trying to adjust to life in a new country. Part one follows George Kracha, the first to come over to America, and what he goes through in trying to support himself and his family. All of what Kracha has to go through mirrors some of the real life struggles immigrants had back in 1881 and even…

The emergence of the “Mass Society” or “The People” progressed due to the decline in death rates which lead to a substantial population. This radical revolution during the mid-1800s up to the 1900s, led to supplemental growth in unified sectors in education, medical discoveries which decreased mortality rate, increased employment, mobile transportation and revolutionize environmental conditions. The following are a couple of examples that depicted in the mid-1800s to the 1900s, showing the…

Minorities on Broadway have come a long way since the late 1800s. This Broadway season, diversity is front and center whether it is on stage or in the audience. “About 80 percent of Broadway ticket-buyers are white, according to the Broadway League, but the percentages of black, Hispanic and Asian theatergoers have all risen significantly over the last decade; the League’s program to increase the Hispanic audience size, called Viva Broadway, is chaired by Mr. Miranda’s father, the political…

Sykesville The town of Sykesville in Carroll County Maryland may be a small town; however it is rich with history and culture. Location According to the textbook, the absolute location of a given area is defined as “the position reckoned by latitude and longitude on the globe and also includes site and situation.” The absolute location of Sykesville is 39.37 11° N, 76.97 25° W. The relative location of the town of Sykesville is situated 21 miles Northwest of Baltimore, 24 miles East from…

For over 40 years one man dedicated his summer to study the strange occurences of wolves on an isolated island in northern Michigan. A pack of wolves walked across an ice bridge to the island of Isle Royale and began living in this new location. By leaving their native habitat the wolves left behind their gene pool and was left with a poor genetic composition because they were trapped on the island due to the melting of the ice bridge. The most logical explanation for why the wolves traveled to…