Demography

The Ted Talk video about longevity was very interesting. According to the Ted Talk video, Dan Buettner states that there is no short term fix for longevity. He states that 10% of how long we live is determined by genes, while the other 90% is affected by our lifestyle. He also states that 1 out of 5,000 live to be 100 years old. People’s chances are low because we are not programmed for longevity. So many things can age us and so many things can happen or go wrong. There are 35 trillion cells…

Rapid population growth has been a major problem for China. To cope with this problem, China’s government started the “One-Child Policy” in 1979 with an aim to prevent an overpopulation disaster and to put an end to this problem. This policy is a part of the family planning program and is an extreme measure to stop its rapid expanding society. It mainly limits couples to have only one child each. According to the Chinese government, 400 millions births were prevented after implementing the…

The United States ranks third in the world when it comes to the populace and the resources in the near future may potentially become scarce. China is ranked number one in various environmental issues as a result of evidential overpopulation. Over the recent years, China has been going through a problem that's affecting the country in several ways.The Census Bureau issued population estimates for half a century. China birth control policies are beneficial; We should implement the regulation in…

In the year 2050, our world's population is expected to increase by a total of 35% of what our population is currently. The greatest challenge that our generation faces today it's not a job or economic crisis, Homeland Security, or the war on terrorism. The greatest challenge that our generation faces is the ability to develop and reinvent new techniques in agriculture to produce food for our world and this is why that ability to genetically modify our crops is so desperately needed. The…

Wildlife Population Data: After observing populations of two different species of birds, we were able to come to conclusions using data of their populations over a time interval of 43 years. By looking at the year vs. population, one can see general trends of both the bald eagle data as well as the data from pheasants both tend to generally increase. We inserted the data from Table 9 into individual graphs of the population of pheasants and bald eagle breeding pairs. When looking at Figure 15,…

Brazil and the countries associated with Latin America have successfully met the Millennium Development Goals of reducing the child mortality rate by a vast number. From 1990 to 2015, Latin America was able to decrease the child mortality rate by 69%; the number starting at 54 deaths per 1000 births to only 17 deaths per 1000 children born. This example shows Latin America was able to successfully decrease the number of child mortalities by a drastic number in fifteen years. They were able to…

China’s One-Child Policy There are around 318 million people in just the United States alone. If you take time to look around you during the day, you can see the damage we have done, and what we will continue to do as the US continues to fill with more people every day. The fact of the matter is the United States of America is practically overpopulated. With every new person we lose recourses and cause pollution. China’s one-child policy helped them with their overpopulation problem, it was a…

Suicide is no laughing matter. Over the past ten years the rate has again increased to twelve point one per one hundred thousand. Every day one hundred five americans die by suicide. There is one death every twelve point three minutes.There are many ways to help stop suicides like be that person's friend and stop bullying each other and start helping the cause. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the US for all ages. Its depression that affects 20%-25% of Americans eighteen plus…

The population structure of El Salvador has undergone dramatic changes in the past 26 years. The population has aged since the civil war, with far more people reaching higher ages. Fertility is showing signs that it is beginning to decline thanks to decades of family planning initiatives. The outlook for the future is one of continued fertility and mortality decline, but only if they improve their water and sanitation infrastructure. If mortality and fertility continues to decline, El Salvador…

Do you know one of the leading causes of death to people around the world? Alcohol. Alcohol can causes problems for adults and teen drinkers. Alcohol cause problems Physical and mental health issues. In this paper i will talk about the issue of alcohol cause high Heart disease behavioral problems and problems with your digestive system that can causes your body to shut down. Alcohol issues can causes a lot of problem to your health care. One of theses problems is CHD. CHD is the most common…