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birthrate
amount of births per every 1,000 persons
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deathrate
amount of deaths per every 1,000 persons
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fertility rate
amount of women in a population that find themselves in the reproductive stage of their lives: 13 – 35 years old.
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infant mortality rate
number of deaths among infants under the age of one per every 1,000 live births
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life expectancy rate
average amount of years a person is expected to live
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population density
amount of people per square mile
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rate of natural increase
number that indicates how fast the population is growing
- birthrates
- - deathrates
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- RNI
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push - pull factors
reasons why people leave their country for another.
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nuclear family
family made up of mother, father, and two children.
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extended family
family where you have the parents, children, grandparents, and other family members living under the same roof.
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population pyramid
diagram that shows the distribution of population in a country in terms of age and gender
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zero population growth
- when birthrates are equal to death rates
- first and fourth stage of population growth
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population explosion or population boom
- when there are high birthrates and decreasing death rates
- second stage of population growth
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factors that contribute to high population growth
- social and economic status- poverty
- lack of adequate education- ignorance
- cultural and religious beliefs- traditions
- availability of birth control methods
- non-planned teenage pregnancies
- high population rate of women in their reproductive stage.
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elements that produce changes in population growth
- birthrates
- death rates
- migration – push - pull factors
- war
- crime
- epidemics and illnesses
- natural disasters – severe storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, etc.
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