Demographics

Question 1

Dependency Ratio formula

Answer 1

of persons aged below 15 + # of persons aged above 65 / # of persons aged 15-65 x 100

Question 2

Doubling Time

Answer 2

The amount of time a given population will double in size

Question 3

Fertility Rate + Replacement fertility rate

Answer 3

The average amount of children a woman will have within her reproductive lifetime
A woman who starts having children at 15 is likely to have more children than a woman who begins at age 55.

The ability for the amount of children a woman has to replace the parents within the population.

Question 4

Mortalilty Rate

Answer 4

The number of people dying per 1000 within a population

Question 5

Lifespan + Life Expectancy

Answer 5

Lifespan is the average amount of additional years a person is expected to live
Life expectancy is the number of years an individual is expected to live

Question 6

Population Growth Rate formulae

Answer 6

(Birth-Death)+- Net migration/ Total Population x 100

Birth rate -death rate/10

Question 7

Fertility Rate formula

Answer 7

Number of births/ number of women aged 15-49x 1000

Number of births to women in a particular age group/ Number of women in that particular age group x 1000

Question 8

Migration rate

Answer 8

number of immigration- number of emigrants-/ total population x 1000

Question 9

What heath and safety measures improved living conditions and increased the population

Answer 9

Improving Urban sanitation and waste removal
Improving the quality of water supply and the access to it
Forming public health boards to detect illness and quarantine the sick
Researching causes and means of transmission of infectious disease
Developing vaccines and antibiotics
Adopting workplace safety laws and limits on child labor
Promoting nutrition through steps such as fortifying milk bread and cereal with vitamins