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| 5707997386 | age structure | Percentage of the population (or number of people of each sex) at each age level in a population. |  | 0 |
| 5708001363 | baby boom | A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, which was just after World War II in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marriage and fertility. | 1 | |
| 5708005424 | birth rate | the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time | 2 | |
| 5708008399 | crude birth rate | The number of live births per year per 1,000 people. | 3 | |
| 5708011723 | crude death rate | The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people. | 4 | |
| 5708026807 | cultural carrying capacity | The limit on population growth that would allow most people in an area or the world to live in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations. | 5 | |
| 5708041607 | death rate | The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time | 6 | |
| 5708046231 | demographic transition | relationship between population growth and economic development; traces the changing levels of human fertility and mortality associated with industrialization and urbanization |  | 7 |
| 5708066309 | demographic trap | A situation in which a country's population growth rate is so high that the country is not able to develop economically and socially | 8 | |
| 5708076370 | environmental refugees | A person who has been displaced by rising seas, destructive storms, expanding deserts, water shortages, or high levels of toxic pollutants. | 9 | |
| 5708081324 | family planning | Providing information, clinical services, and contraceptives to help people choose the number and spacing of children they want to have. | 10 | |
| 5708088694 | fertility rate | The average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime in a population | 11 | |
| 5708095364 | gender imbalance | Unequal number of men and women in a place. |  | 12 |
| 5708101373 | graying of america | the aging of the American population, or increase of the proportion of elderly citizens, caused by a declining birth rate and increased life expectancy. Caused an increase in costliness of Social Security pensions, rapid increase in health costs, and meant the elderly would be politically formidable. | 13 | |
| 5708108921 | infant mortality rate | The percentage of children who die before their first birthday within a particular area or country. | 14 | |
| 5708117183 | life expectancy | A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live | 15 | |
| 5708120549 | migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. |  | 16 |
| 5708127259 | optimum sustainable population | Maximum population that can be sustained indefinitely without harming the species or ecosystem [E, CM] | 17 | |
| 5708133086 | population change | Increase or decrease in the size of a population. It is equal to (Births + Immigration) - (Deaths + Emigration). |  | 18 |
| 5708140702 | post-reproductive | non longer reproducing | 19 | |
| 5708146060 | pre-reproductive | individuals not capable of reproducing. (Pre-pubescent) 0-14 | 20 | |
| 5708150247 | reproductive | A factor that is necessary for the formation of a new species is | 21 | |
| 5708231760 | replacement-level fertility rate | average # of children a couple must bear to replace themselves in the population |  | 22 |
| 5708240754 | total fertility rate (TFR) | The number of children who would be born per woman (or per 1,000 women) if she/they were to pass through the childbearing years bearing children according to a current schedule of age-specific fertility rates. | 23 | |
| 5708260165 | urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. |  | 24 |
| 5708367597 | pre-industrial society | Name the stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model and explain the data presented | 25 |
