Statistical population

Our population is rapidly aging. In fact, the number of American adults over 65 years of age will double between 2000 and 2030, according to the Administration on Aging. Though most of us don’t want to admit that getting older is causing, and will cause, physical, mental and lifestyle changes, the fact is that aging makes it more difficult to get around, things are harder to read, narrow spaces can be difficult to navigate, and even a simple fall can lead to severe medical issues. Luckily, some…

are now the fastest growing immigrant community in the state (Martes, 2011). There are an estimated 68,228 Brazilians living in Boston. In 2007, almost 77,000 Brazilians resided in Massachusetts, accounting for 8.4 % of the state’s total immigrant population. This share is increasing rapidly and has been fueled by the recent inflow of Brazilian immigrants. Cape Verde is an archipelago of nine islands off the coast of West Africa. From their settlement by Portuguese sailors in the late 15th…

Target Population The Linden neighborhood, specifically the South Linden area, is the target population for this needs assessment project. South Linden is located on the north side of Columbus, bounded by I-71 on the west, East Hudson Street on the north, the east by of Billiter Boulevard, East 25th, Joyce and East 17th avenues as noted in Figure 1 (Columbus Planning Division, 2015). The estimated population in the South Linden area is 9,062 people, which is a decline from 1990 to 2010 of 33%…

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…

Wars and conflicts, poverty and famine, and other disasters can cause the creation of needs for the population, which lead them to migrate from their homeland to other countries. An immigrant is a person who suffered life and fled to start again in a new country. Because of the destitution and the oppression, the immigrants leave their countries. They couldn’t bear the harshness of life in their home countries, so they leave for a new chance of life. the immigrants and the economy of the host…

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,…

Life Expectancy Are the people in America not living the best they can and as long as they can? Life is short, and America should understand that better by living happy, healthy, and longer. The United states of America is forty-third on the list of life expectancy with an average lifespan of 79.68 years, while the first place, Monaco, has an average lifespan of 89.52 years. How come The U.S.A has a low lifespan compared to forty-two other countries? How do other countries live so long? The…

Introduction The City of Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the United States and the core of the State of Arizona, both in terms of the State’s government and the population. The overall City of Phoenix fiscal year operating budget for 2017-2018 is 4.5 billion dollars, approximately about half of the State of Arizona’s 9.6 billion dollar budget (COP,AZ)The Phoenix Police Department is the largest department in the City of Phoenix and one of the larger government entities throughout Arizona.…

Immigration exploded during the ninetieth century as our nation with through the industrial era; with this increase in population so was the increase of crime and poverty. With such vulnerabilities among the new immigrates and African Americans of the south migration from rural areas to more urban areas. The hope of more freedoms avoiding violence and racism from the Jim Crow of the south; with words of promise that the north held better jobs, created the Great Migration. The Great Migration…

older adults is increasing worldwide as longevity is increasing. The population of the world aged 60 years and older is projected to be 2 billion by 2050, increasing from 900 million in 2015 (WHO, 2015). With the graying of baby boomers, the number of older adults in the United States is escalating rapidly as well. The population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million by 2050, almost double from its estimated population of 43.1 million in 2012 (Ortman & Velkof, 2014). Due to this…