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demograpy

concerns itself with everything that influences or can be influenced by pop size, change, distribution, structure, characteristics and demographic processes

natural increase

The difference between births and deaths

age and sex

These two population characteristics are so important that they are defined separately as pop structure

measures of demographic processes

Total fertility rate, life expectancy, and crude death rate

demographics

The application of demographic theories and methods to practical problems of the world are usually called

3.5 to 2.1 births

During the 20th century the average number of children born to women in the US declined from

population growth in developing countries

Globalization has been encouraged over the past several decades by

takes location of people being studied into account

Geodemogrpahics is the analysis of demographic data that does the following:

older adults

Demographic trends suggest that the greatest increase in the demand for health care services in US will come from

the size and rate of growth of populations in less developed societies

One of the demographic factors that attracts the attention of American investors contemplating international investment is

4 million

the world's population at the time of the American Revolution was approximately

extensively rather than intensively

Carrying capacity is lower for hunter-gatherers than for agriculturalists because they use the land

the AR

lowered death rates by increasing the food supply. it also raised death rates because of the increase in infectious diseases

The AR

was also responsible for increasing birth rates by improving the health of women

death rates were very high

Population growth was slow for most of human history because

Eruope

If a country is thought to be on the verge of population decline it is probably located in

Latin America

the region of the world most negatively affected demographically by European expansion was

population momentum or in-migration

How can countries with low fertility levels (below replacement level) still grow:

china and india

By 2050, these two countries will swap positions as the countries with the largest population:

mortality changes

world pop has not increased steadily over time; rather it has been buffeted especially by

1800

the pop of the world hit 1 billion in

high death rates combined with high birth rates

The den explanation for the rather slow growth of the human pop during the first percent of human history was

drop in mortality

the acceleration in pop since the middle of the 18th century has been due largely to a

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the census of the us is required by the constitution to determine the number of seats a

one response to race

since 2000 people have been able to give more than

de jure pop

counts all people who belong to a given territory

usual residence

the US, mexico, and canada all include people in the census on

migration

not typically considered to be a vital event

every 5 years

the censuses in canada and mexico are different from the us especially because it is conducted

the ACS

was designed to replace 2010 long form census

sampling error

the ACS is an improvement over the census because it reducts most sources of error except

more timely or current

the aCS is an improvement over the long form census because it is

live 1 year ago

the acs attempts to provide insight into migration patterns in the us when they ask where did you

fertility

besides migration the acs collects data on what other demographic process:

every 1 year

the acs will provide updated information for areas with over 65,000 persons

every 3 years

If an area has less than 65000 but more than 20000 persons ACS will provide updated data

every 5 years

For areas less than 20,000 person ACS data will be updated

increase in fertility

the short run impact of a decline in mortality on the age/sex structures resembles:

make it younger

the early impact of mortality decline on the age structure is to :

make it older

the long-term impact of a fertility decline on the age structure is to

pop size and structure

changes in migration is most likely to have the strongest short-term impact on

declining fertility

if you see an age pyramid that caves in at the younger ages, the most likely explanation is

pyramid

a population pyramid of a society with high birth rates and high death rates will have what type of shape:

age

societies define roles and expectations more by this characteristics than any other:

a structure high in children

countries with high birth rates tend to have what type of age structure:

bulge in the working age population

the so-called age dividend or demographic windfall is associated with which of the following types of age structures:

fertility rate

the single most important influence on the percentage of the pop that is older is the

life span

refers to the oldest age an organism may live

life expectancy

measures the average duration of life beyond a specific age

zero pop growth

when human life expectancy was around 20 women must bear an average of 7 children to achieve

83 in japan to a low of 44 in afghanistan

Today, life expectancies range from a high of

early screening for cancer

all of the following had significant influence on the decline in mortality in the US prior to WWII except

communicable diseases

throughout the most of human history the major causes of death have been related to

tobacco use

the most important real causes of death in the US are related to

rising to high levels in old age

the pattern which best describes when deaths tend to occur is high in infancy, low in teens, and then

lower female than male mortality rates at all ages

the most common pattern of age-sex differences in mortality is

when life expectancy is low

deaths are caused especially by infectious, parasitic diseases

age and sex patterns of dying

life expectancy is a better measure of mortality than the crude death rate because its calculations takes into account the

death rates at older ages will be lower than they are now

life expectancy typically underestimates the age at which a baby will die because

the mortality transition

a shift from deaths occurring mainly at younger ages from communicable diseases to death occurring mainly at older ages from degenerative diseases

a young age structure

tends to have more males than females

105 males per 100 females

in most human societies the sex ratio at birth is approximately

the declines steadily from age zero to the oldest age

in most human societies, the sex ratio changes with age in the following pattern:

Europe (where fertility rates are the lowest)

the region of the world with the highest proportion of older people is

china

the country with the greatest number of people aged 65 and older is (based off population)

eastern europe

population growth is occurring throughout the developing world, while the lowest rates of growth are found in

the middle east and north africa

the youth bulge has always been a volatile demographic force today that is most evident in which region of the world:

japan

because of its reluctance to accept immigrants this country is expected to decrease their population by about 30 million by 2050:

russian

deaths don't always remain low, as shown in the decrease in life expectancy of this country:

childhood obesity

normally life expectancy in the us has underestimated years of life remaining but the effects of this growing social trend may change that:

when life expectancy was high

deaths are due especially to degeneration from chronic diseases

older age structure

tends to have more females than males