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Question 1

Fertility

Answer 1

Determines a population’s growth and decline:
1. Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
2. Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Question 2

Mortality

Answer 2

Determines a population’s growth and decline:
1. Life Expectancy
2. Crude Death Rate (CDR)
3. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Question 3

Migration

Answer 3

Determines a population’s growth and decline:
1. Immigration
2. Emigration

Question 4

Fertility: Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Answer 4

The number of live births occurring in one year per 1,000 people

Question 5

Fertility: Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 5

Average number of children who would be born per woman during her childbearing years.

Question 6

Mortality: Life Expectancy

Answer 6

The number of years the average person will live.

Question 7

Mortality: Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Answer 7

The number of deaths occurring in one year per 1,000 people.

Question 8

Mortality: Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Answer 8

The number of children who die before one year of age.

Question 9

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Answer 9

CBR-CDR divided by 10
1. Does not account for migration
2. Can be a negative number, indicating population decrease
2. Usually expressed as a percentage

Question 10

Doubling Time

Answer 10

The number of years in which a population will double
assuming the growth rate remains stable.