Unit 2 Population

Number of birth/ year to every 1000 people in the population.

The leap of medical knowledge in stage 2 of the demographic transition.

Most of the new pandemic diseases are spread through

Number of males per 100 females.

Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases.

Estimate of future population size, age, and sex composition.

In developing countries improved medical care is more a factor of

Population pyramid that looks like a column would describe what stage of the DTM

By 2050, what will the Japanese government be concerned with?

Populations continue growing after a fertility decline because of young age distribution.

A measure of the distribution that shows the total amount of people divided by the total land.

When the CBR is higher than the CDR

The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation

A model of how the size of a population changes as a country develops its economy.

The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.

Stage 5 of the DTM would be characterized by

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

Which area of the US has the lowest number of AIDS cases?

A group of individuals of the same age.

The study of populations is

NIR = CBR - CDR

Regional outbreak of a disease.

Total # of deaths in a year for infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births.

Maternal mortality rate is higher

Total number of people divided by the total land area

What stage of the DTM of a country when population is high even when births and deaths are low

The rapid increase in population associate with stage 2

The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.

Average # of years people can live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.

Which measurement connects population density and level of development within a country?

Disease that occurs in a wide geographic area and affects high proportions of the population.

Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.

Distribution of a country's population between males and females of various ages

Why is there a low incidence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia?

When there are too many people in an area for the resources & the level of technology available

Populations can't continue to increase exponentially consequences will be war, famine & disease

The percentage of people in a population who are over 65 or younger than 14.

The time required for a population to double in size.

The region with the highest TFR is

Statistical map that depicts the size of countries based on population rather than land area

What is overpopulation?

A country that has a negative NIR would be

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

What caused Stage 2 of the DTM to occur in Africa?

Most of the world's population is clustered into these four areas:

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Who warned that population growth will outstrip increases in agricultural production.

The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of agricultural land.

Description of locations on Earth's surface where populations live and grow.

Which country would be considered a "graying" population.

The uninhabited or uninhabitable area of the world.

When the CDR is about the same as the CBR

With a NIR of 1.2% the world's population would double in approximately ___.

At a very fast rate

In which region are maternal mortality and infant mortality rates are highest?

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

# of people an environment can support such as housing, raw materials, and industry.

The study of population

Malthus Theory + 2 factors, population growth in LDC's & shortages of resources other than food