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| 243038583 | Thomas Malthus | English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies | |
| 243038584 | Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society | |
| 243038585 | Crude Death Rate (CDR) | total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society | |
| 243038586 | Fertility | number of children born to a woman during her lifetime | |
| 243038587 | Replacement-level Fertility | number of children a couple must have to replace themselves; 2.1 for developed countries, 2.5 for developing countries | |
| 243038588 | Population Momentum | populations will typically continue growing even if they have reached replacemet-level fertility due to built-in potential for population growth from a large number of individuals entering reproductive age | |
| 243038589 | Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | average number of children a woman typically has during her reproductive years | |
| 243038590 | Life Expectancy | average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live | |
| 243038591 | Infant Mortality Rate | number of babies out of every 1,000 born who die before their first birthday | |
| 243038592 | Migration | movement of people into (immigration) and out of (emigration) a particular area | |
| 243038593 | Age Structure | distribution of males and females in each age group in a specific population | |
| 243038594 | Demographic Transition | as countries become industrialized their death rates decline first followed by their birth rates | |
| 243038595 | Preindustrial Stage | little population growth; high birth rates and high death rates; first stage of the demographic transition | |
| 243038596 | Transitional Stage | industrialization begins; death rates drop and birth rates remain high; stage 2 of the demographic transition; also referred to as the epidemiological transition | |
| 243038597 | Industrial Stage | death rates are already low and birth rates decline; overall population growth slows; stage 3 of the demographic transition; also referred to as the fertility transition | |
| 243038598 | Postindustrial Stage | death rates are alerady low and birth rates continue to drop and population growth equals zero or negative growth; final stage of the demographic transition | |
| 243038599 | Epidemiological Transition | also known as stage 2 or transitional stage of the demographic transition when death rates drop due to reliable food supply as well as improvements in basic hygeine, sanitation, and basic medicine | |
| 243038600 | Fertility Transition | also known as stage 3 or preindustrial stage in the demographic transition when birth rates begin dropping | |
| 243038601 | Family Planning | educational and clinical services that help couples choose how many children to have and when to have them |
