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Elbert Pop. Vocab
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | period total fertility rate or total period fertility rate of a population is the average number of children born. |
| Natural increase rate | is a method used to calculate population growth based on births and deaths alone. |
| Mortality | death on a large scale. |
| Infant mortality rate | the death of children under the age of one year. |
| Maternal mortality rate | the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. |
| Crude birth rate | is the total number of births per 1000 of a population each year. |
| Crude death rate | is a measure of the number of deaths in a population, scaled to the size of that population |
| Less developed countries | a nonindustrialized or Third World country. |