Ch 19: Population Flashcards
_____ is the study of the size and makeup of the human population and how it changes
demography
________ study:
- Vital Statistics
- record of birth
- deaths
- causes of death
- marriages
- divorces
- disease rate
Demographer’s
______ is a measure of the rate at which people are born
fertility
_____ is the rate at which people die
mortality
_______ is moving into or out of an area
migration
A _____ is a count of the population in which people’s ages and sexes are recorded
census
The ________ is the change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates, with a period of rapid population growth in between
demographic transition
The ______ is the number of people born per 1000 of the population in a year
crude birth rate
To predict the birth rate, we must know the __________ of the population —– the number of men and women their ages
age-sex composition
The _____ is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population in a calendar year
crude death rate
The _______ is the number of deaths at each age for each sex
age-adjusted death rate
______ and _____ affect mortality rates
wealth; social class
______ is movement into an area
immigration
_____ is movement out of an area
emigration
______ are circumstances that push people away from their homes
push factors
