Chapter 2: Population terms
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| Agricultural Density | The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
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| Arable Land | Land suited for agriculture.
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| Crude Birth Rate( CBR) | The total number of births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
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| Demographic Transition | The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.
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| Crude Death Rate(CDR) | The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in society.
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| Dependency Ratio | The number of people who are considered too young to work( under age 15 or over age 64) ,compared to the number of people in their productive years.
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| Doubling Time | The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
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| Elderly Support Ratio | The number of working-age people ( ages 15-64) divided by the number of persons 65 or older.
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| Epidemiologic Transition | Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.
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| Epidemiology | Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence , distribution,and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
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| Infant Mortality Rate( IMR) | The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every l,000 live births in a society.
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| Life Expectancy | The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy of birth is the number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
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| Natural Increase Rate( NIR) | The percentage of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
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| Overpopulation | The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
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| Pandemic | Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
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| Physiological Density | The number of people per u nit of area of arable land, which is suitable for agriculture.
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| Total Fertility Rate(TFR) | The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.
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