Statistical population

Our world never stops growing, but some places cannot keep up with the exponential numbers. Overpopulation is becoming a more apparent problem in today’s world. Alastair Leithead’s “The city that won’t stop growing” and Erle C. Ellis, “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem” both take very different approaches when it comes to the topic of overpopulation. Leithead uses his platform in BBC to shed light onto the city of Lagos, Africa and it’s poor living conditions due to overpopulation. Ellis writes…

counties in Tennessee are rural; the remaining 4 counties (Shelby, Davidson, Hamilton and Knox) are urban. “Urban counties are were core areas containing a large population nucleus together and adjacent communities with a high degree of economic and social integration, whereas rural areas are residual locations that fall outside of urban statistical areas”(James, 2014, p. 2122) Although, clinicians often prefer living in urbanized areas where they have the convenience of specialists nearby…

considered a paradise to some, it still faces the same challenges as every other country. Samoa’s health statistics do draw concerns in quite a number of areas. As a country who spends 7.5% of its Gross Domestic Product on healthcare, Samoa has seen a population growth rate of 0.58%, with…

July. This occurs because infants and the elderly are more susceptible to weather extremes than the rest of the population, so they most likely die in greater numbers around this time. Though the data this presented comes from incomplete records, the Schwartz family seems to have several demographical similarities with the rest of Germany. For instance, the indexes in the Statistical Packet reveal that while the Schwartz experienced an increase in total family size, both marriage and birth…

the passage of IRCA; in 2015, there were an estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Second, the turn of the 20th to the 21st century ushered in a new conversation about the undocumented population. The focus was now directed towards a subset of the population who were brought here as children and have assimilated in the American society. While most adult undocumented immigrants moved intentionally, many undocumented youth came with no choice. In 2001, the…

While practically ever health indicator has improved in Peru in the past thirty years, these improvements have not been shared equally across the population. The majority of the progress has occurred in urban areas, especially in the capital city of Lima, with the rural population lagging behind. According to the Population Reference Bureau (2015), the amount of people living below the poverty line is 36% higher in rural areas than in urban areas. While poverty is definitely a causative factor…

annual survival was observed for 12-20 years. Scientists have used Cormack-Jolly-Seber-Open- population models in the program MARK to estimate apparent survival. Variance-component module program MARK to estimate variation in survival. Climate data was collected by using PRISM maps for monthly minimum and maximum temperatures and also seasonal data was collected from GIS, NCDC. Scientists have applied Palmer drought severity index to assess moisture levels during the season. To assess region…

training and another uncontrolled unit which did not participate in the training, were used as the population for the study. The authors mentioned that, 43 employees participated in the study and sample attrition is 15 from a deduction.…

water in Darjeeling Town are Khang Khola, Rani Khola(streams) and Simdhap( 3rd Lake with 4.85 MG storage capacity). Inspite of these water sources , Darjeeling town faces the problem of water scarcity. This is mainly due to immense increase in the population of the…

His journey makes the plight, pain, trials, and suffering of refugees tangible; the people behind the numbers are suddenly more than statistical figures flashed on a television screen during a news cycle or stamped in ink in a journal. Alshater is an example of the good that can happen when a country opens its borders, arms, and mind to vulnerable foreigners. But not all such migrants are…