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Unit IV Vocab

pt 1 population

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Overpopulation A case where the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Ecumene Land permanently inhabited by human settlements.
Population Density the number of people who live in a defined land area
Arithmetic Density The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Physiological Density The number of people per unit of area of arable land
Agricultural Density The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
Population Distribution Term applied to how a group of people in an area are spread out across it
Carrying Capacity the maximum number of people who can be realistically sustained by the geography of that area.
Demography the study of human populations – their size, composition and distribution across space – and the process through which populations change.
Natural Increase Rate (NIR) The percentage by which a population grows in a year.
Doubling Time the projected amount of time that it will take for a given population to double.
Life Expectancy How long someone in an area is expected to live.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) The average number of children who would be born per woman (or per 1,000 women)
Crude Death Rate (CDR) The total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society.
Zero Population Growth (ZPG) When the population has no growth.
Sex Ratio The ratio between males and femlaes in a country.
Maternal Mortality Rate Number of deaths per 1000 women giving birth.
Infant Mortality Rate The percentage of children who die before their first birthday within a particular area or country.
Population Pyramid A model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population.
Dependency Ratio the percentage of people within a population who are either too young or too old to work and must therefore be supported by the labor of working adults within that population.
Epidemiology the branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Malthusian Theory the world's population was growing faster than the rate of food production, and as a result, mass starvation would occur.
Epidemiologic Transition Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.
Pronatalist a belief that promotes the reproduction of human life.
Antinatalist encourages families to have fewer children
Pandemic a pandemic refers to a disease that has spread worldwide
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