Definitions Flashcards

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Birth Rate

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Number of babies born in one year, compared to every 1000 people, in a country

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Death Rate

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Number of deaths, in a country, for every 1000 people, in one year

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Infant

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Baby younger than one year old

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Mortality

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Death

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Average Life Expectancy

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The average number of years people in an area or country can expect to live

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Factors

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Things that influence what happens

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Diarrhoea

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A symptom of an illness that causes a running tummy

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Epidemic

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A disease that spreads quickly across a large area or country

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Pandemic

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A disease that spreads across many countries

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AIDS

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome;

The final stage of the HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system

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Parasite

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A plant or animal that lives on or in another living thing and usually harms it

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Insect Repellents

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Chemicals that keep insects away

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Gastroenteritis

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An infection of the bowel

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Blister

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A small, fluid-filled bubble on the skin

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Fever

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A raised body temperature

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Economic Status

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How rich or poor people are

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Pensions

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The money you receive from the government when you are no longer able to work

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Family Planning

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Methods people use to stop getting pregnant, such as the contraceptive injection or pill

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Civilians

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People in a country who are not soldiers

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Government policy

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Plans and laws made by governments

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Sanitation

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Management of water supplies and sewage so that people may be provided with clean and safe water and the disposal/treatment of waste.

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Medicinal drugs

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Chemicals that work inside the body to treat or prevent illnesses

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Canned Food

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Food that is preserved and stored in sealed cans

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Refrigeration

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The process of cooling or freezing food to keep it fresh

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Diets
The kind of food people eat
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Preventative Health Care
Things you can do to prevent or reduce illnesses
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Curative Health Care
Things that can be done to treat or cure illnesses
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Physiotherapy
The use of physical methods such as massage to help heal damaged muscles and joints
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Fertility Rate
The number of live births in women over a specific length of time per 1000 women a year
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Population Growth
The increase in the number of individuals in a population
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Population Distribution
Population Distribution is the arrangement of, or how spread out people are in an are. There are 4 main ways that population can be distributed; evenly, randomly, in clusters and in either even or random clusters.
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What is the purpose of using population density as a concept?
To make it easier to calculate the amount of people per km2 at that time and to have a fair comparison by making all the variables the same, (in this case the area)
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Population Density
The number of people in a unit area.