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| 3056424005 | demography | study of human populations and population trends | 0 | |
| 3056424884 | demographer | a scientist in the field of demography | 1 | |
| 3056425736 | immigration | movement of people into a country or region, from another country or region | 2 | |
| 3056427125 | emigration | movement of people out of a country or region | 3 | |
| 3056428800 | crude birth rate (CBR) | number of births per 1,000 individuals per year | 4 | |
| 3056429429 | crude death rate (CDR) | number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year | 5 | |
| 3056430828 | doubling time | number of years it takes a population to double | 6 | |
| 3056431735 | total fertility rate (TFR) | estimate of the average number of children that each woman in a population will bear throughout her childbearing years | 7 | |
| 3056433900 | replacement level fertility | total fertility rate required to offset the average number of deaths in a population in order to maintain the current population size | 8 | |
| 3056435338 | developed country | country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income | 9 | |
| 3056436420 | developing country | country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income | 10 | |
| 3056437672 | life expectancy | average number of years that an infant born in a particular year in a particular country can be expected to live, given the current average life span and death rate in that country | 11 | |
| 3056439635 | infant mortality | number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births | 12 | |
| 3056440672 | child mortality | number of deaths of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births | 13 | |
| 3056441496 | net migration rate | difference between immigration and emigration in a given year per 1,000 people in a country | 14 | |
| 3056442604 | age structure diagram | visual representation of the number of individuals within specific age groups for a country, typically expressed for males and females | 15 | |
| 3056444191 | population pyramid | age structure diagram that is widest at the bottom and smallest at the top, typically of developing countries | 16 | |
| 3056445850 | population momentum | continued population growth after growth reduction measures have been implemented | 17 | |
| 3056448065 | theory of demographic transition | theory that as a country moves from a subsistence economy to industrialization and increased affluence it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth | 18 | |
| 3056449241 | affluence | state of having plentiful wealth including the possession of money, goods, or property | 19 | |
| 3056450402 | family planning | practice of regulating the number or spacing of offspring through the use of birth control | 20 | |
| 3056452013 | IPAT equation | equation used to estimate the impact of the human lifestyle on the environment: Impact = population x affluence x technology | 21 | |
| 3056454019 | gross domestic product (GDP) | measure of the value of all products and services produced in one year in one country | 22 | |
| 3056455197 | urban area | area that contains more than 385 people per square kilometer (1,000 per square mile) | 23 | |
| 3065565584 | age specific birth rate | number of births expected per year among a fertility specific age group of women in a population | 24 | |
| 3065568169 | cause specific death rate | number of deaths from one cause per 100,000 total deaths | 25 | |
| 3065568539 | incidence rate | number of people contracting a disease during a time period, usually measured per 100 people | 26 | |
| 3065568931 | case fatality rate | percentage of people who die once they contract a disease | 27 | |
| 3065569430 | morbidity | general term meaning the occurrence of the disease and illness in a population | 28 | |
| 3065570094 | rate of natural increase (RNI) | birth rate minus death rate, implying annual rate of population growth not including migration | 29 | |
| 3065570710 | GNP per capita | gross national product (NDP), which includes the value of all domestic and foreign output per person | 30 | |
| 3065572710 | human carrying capacity | number of people that can live on Earth at the same time | 31 | |
| 3065572926 | acute/epidemic disease | appears rapidly in population. declines then almost disappears, only to reappear later | 32 | |
| 3065573510 | chronic disease | is always present in a population. typically occurs in a relatively small but relatively constant presentation of the population | 33 | |
| 3065574674 | maximum lifetime | genetically determined maximum possible age to which an individual of a species can live | 34 | |
| 3065576927 | short term limiting factors | those that affect a population during the year in which they become limiting | 35 | |
| 3065577348 | intermediate term limiting factors | those whose effects are apparent after one year but before 10 years | 36 | |
| 3065577946 | long term limiting factors | those whose effects are not apparent for 10 years | 37 | |
| 3065580820 | demographic fatigue | condition characterized by a lack of financial resources and an inability to deal effectively with threats such as natural catastrophes and diseases | 38 | |
| 3065581620 | nonindustrial country | birth rates and death rates are high | 39 | |
| 3065581968 | industrialization | health and sanitation improve, and the death rate drops rapidly | 40 | |
| 3065582661 | preindustrial stage | harsh living conditions, high birth rate, high infant mortality rate, and high death rate | 41 | |
| 3065583049 | transitional stage | industrialization begins, health care improves, death rates drop/birth rates high so population grows rapidly | 42 | |
| 3065583841 | industrial stage | industrialization widespread, birth rate drops and approaches death rates | 43 | |
| 3065584243 | postindustrial stage | birth rate declines even further, equaling the death rate and reaching zero population growth | 44 |
