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Population and Health

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Definition
show the scientific study of population characteristics  
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carrying capacity   show
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overpopulation   show
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show the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement  
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arithmetic density   show
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show people/arable land  
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show farmers/arable land  
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natural increase rate (NIR)   show
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show the number of years needed to double a population  
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natural increase   show
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show (live births/year)/1,000 people  
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show (deaths/year)/1,000 people  
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total fertility rate (TFR)   show
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show the annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age (# of deaths age 0-1/1,000 live births)  
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show a process of change in a society's population from high crude birth and death rates and low natural increase rate to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low natural increase rate, and higher total population  
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show low growth: very high birth and death rates, very low natural increase rate  
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stage 2   show
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show moderate growth: rapidly decreasing birth rate, moderately decreasing death rate, moderate natural increase rate  
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stage 4   show
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life expectancy   show
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show the number of working-aged people (15-64) divided by the number of persons 65 and older  
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dependency ratio   show
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show a bar graph that displays the percent of a place's population for each age and gender  
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show focuses on distinctive health threats in each stage of the demographic transition  
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show very low birth rate, increasing death rate, declining natural increase rate  
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pronatalist policy   show
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show a government policy that supports lower birth rates (Japan)  
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neo-malthusian   show
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