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Unit 2: Population

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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)   A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population  
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Child Mortality Rate (CMR)   A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fith years of thier lives in a given population  
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Life Expectancy   A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. Normally expressed in the context of a particular state  
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)   The average number of children born to a women during her child bearing years  
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Natural Increase Rate (NIR/RNI)   The birth rate - death rate of a population; a statistic used to measure the growth of population in a region, exclusive of immigration and emigration  
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Birth Rates   The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year  
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Death Rates   The number of deaths per 1,000 population in a given year  
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arithmetic density   Divides the entire population of a country by the total land area to come up with a population density for the country as a whole  
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Physiological Density   The number of people per unit area of arable land  
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Agricultural Density   Total number of farmers per unit of arable land  
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Carrying capacity   The ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people  
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Ecumene   inhabited land, where people live  
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Population Pyramid   represents the breakdown of the population by gender and age at a given point of time  
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demographic   relating to the structure of populations, characteristics of a population  
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Mortality   state of being mortal, subject to death  
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Migration   a change in residence from region or countries, intended to be permanent  
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Population doubling time   the time it takes for a population to double in size/value  
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