Dr.Egan's APHG Voc. Ch. 2

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20639392	AIDS	immune system disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
20639393	arithmetic population density	the population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area
20639394	census	a periodic and official count of a country's population
20639395	child mortality rate	a figure that describes the number of children who die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population
20639396	chronic diseases	generally long-lasting afflictions; degenerative diseases
20639397	crude birth rate	the number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a given population
20639398	crude death rate	the number of live births yearly per thousand people in a given population
20639399	demographic transition	multistage model, based on Western Europe's experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries during industrialization
20639400	dot map	maps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon, such as a population
20639401	doubling time	the time required for a population to double in size
20639402	eugenic population policy	government policy designed to favor one racial sector over others
20639403	expansive population policy	government policy that encourages large families and raises the rate of population growth
20639404	infant mortality rate	a figure that describes the number of babies who die within the first year of their lives in a given population
20639405	life expectancy	a figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live
20639406	megalopolis	term used to describe large coalescing supercities that are forming in various parts of the world
20639407	natural increase	population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths
20639408	physiological population density	the number of people per unit area of arable land
20639409	population composition	structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties such as marital status and education
20639410	population density	a measure of the number of people per given unit of land
20639411	population distribution	descriptions of locations on the Earth's surface where populations live
20639412	population explosion	The rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century.
20639413	population pyramids	visual representations of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the population of each age group is represented by a horizontal bar
20639414	restrictive population policy	government policy designed to reduce the rate of natural increase
20639415	stationary population level	the level at which a national population ceases to grow