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| 238144058 | Population Density | A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. | |
| 238144059 | Arithmetic Population Density | The population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area. | |
| 238144060 | Physiologic Population Density | Number of people per unit area of arable land. | |
| 238144061 | Population Distribution | Description of locations on the Earth's surface where populations live. | |
| 238144062 | Dot Map | Maps where one dot represents a certain number of phenomenon such as population. | |
| 238144063 | Megalopolis | Term used to designate large caolescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world | |
| 238144064 | Census | A periodic and official count of a country's population. | |
| 238144065 | Doubling Time | Time required for a pop. to double in size | |
| 238144066 | Population Explosion | Rapid growth of the worlds human population during the past century. | |
| 238144067 | Natural Increase | Population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths. | |
| 238144068 | Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | Number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population. | |
| 238144069 | Crude Death Rate (CDR) | Number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population. | |
| 238144070 | Demographic Transition | Multistage model, based on Western Europes experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. | |
| 238144071 | Stationary Population Level | Level at which a national pop. ceases to grow. | |
| 238144072 | Population Composition | Structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties such as marital status and education. | |
| 238144073 | Population Pyramids | Visual representations of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age group is represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total pop. | |
| 238144074 | Infant Mortality Rate | A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given pop. | |
| 238144075 | Child Mortality Rate | A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given pop. | |
| 238144076 | Life Expectancy | A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. | |
| 238144077 | AIDS | Immune system disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which over a period of years weakens the capacity of the immune system to fight off infection so that weight loss and weakness set in and other afflictions. | |
| 238144078 | Chronic Disease | Generally long lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies. | |
| 238144079 | Eugenic Population Policies | Gov. policies designed to favor one racial sector over others. | |
| 238144080 | Expansive Population Policies | Gov. policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of pop. growth. | |
| 238144081 | Restrictive Population Policies | Gov. policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase. |
