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7555061578Population concentrationsPhisical enciroments that r too dry, too cold or to wet to live in0
7555061579Population cartogramDepicts the size of countries according to population rather than land area1
7555061580Population ClustersWorld can be divided into 7 regions each containing 1 billion people2
7555061581Population DistributionThe pattern, or spread, of people in a given area3
7555061582Arithmetic DensityIs the total number of people divided by total land area4
7555061583physiological densityThe number of people per unit area of arable land5
7555061584Agriculture densityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.6
7555061585natural increasethe growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate7
7555061586CBR (Crude Birth Rate)# of births per 10008
7555061587CDR (Crude Death Rate)Total # of deaths per 10009
7555061588demographic transitionProcess of change in population from high CBR and CDR and low natural increase and higher population10
7555061589Stage 1 of demographic transitionLow growth, high CDR And CBR very low NIR no country remains in stage 1 today11
7555061590Stage 2High growth, high CBR rapidly declining CDR very high NIR12
7555061591Stage 3Moderate, rapidly declining CBR; moderately declining CDR moderate NIR13
7555061592Stage 4Low growth, Denmark, very low CBR low CDR and 0 or negative NIR14
7555061593Overpopulationrelationship between the number of people on Earth, and the availability of resources15
7555061594Stage (5 possible)Very low CBR, increasing CDR, and a negative NIR(several European countries already have negative NIRs)16
7555061595Reproductive HealthBirth control programs17
7555061596MedicalEurope has more than 30 physicians per 10,000 people compared to African countries18
7555061597dependency ratioRatio of people who r either too old or too young to work, compared to productive years19
7555061598Elderly support ratio#of working age people 15-64 divided by 65 and older20
7555061599Population pyramidBar graph that displays percentage of a places population for each age and gender21
7555061600Life expectancyAverage # of years a newborn can live from mortality levels22
7555061601IMR infant mortalityNumber of deaths or infants under 1 compared to live births23
7555061602STAGE 1( epidemiologic transition)High CBR parasitic diseases are main cause of death along with animal attacks, most biolent stage is the black Plauge24
7555061603Stage 2 ETRapidly declining CDR, pandemic disease, contaminated water, exposition to unclean reasources25
7555061604Stage 3 ETDisorders and aging moderately declining CDR infectious disease cardiovascular heart attacks and cancer26
7555061605Stage 4 ETLingering cardiovascular and cancer expectancy of life for elderly is increased by medical help low but increasing CDR27
7555061606Stage 5Infectious disease environmental pressures like drugs and insecticides, poor places had worse infections because of no money for heath and unclean reasources- AIDS28

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