M4 Demography Flashcards
What is DEMOGRAPHY?
the study of a population in its static and dynamic aspects.
What is the “Science of Population?’
DEMOGRAPHY
What is STATIC ASPECTS?
this includes the characteristics such as age, gender, and aspects.
What is DYNAMIC ASPECTS?
this involves the fertility and mortality.
What is the meaning of DEMOGRAPHY according to Gillard?
it is the natural and special history of human species.
What are the “EVENTS” in which the science focuses its attention on?
- change in population size
- population composition or structure
- distribution of population
What is the use of demography in Public Health Workers?
it helps in health, knowledge of growth, and dispersal of population groups.
What is POPULATION?
the number or body of inhabitants in a place belonging to a specific subgroup (social, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, or racial).
What is DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS?
the study of components of variation and change in demographic variables and the relationships between them. it is also a technique used to develop an understanding of the age, sex, and racial composition of a population.
What is POPULATION STUDY?
the study of the relationships between demographic variables and other variables such as social and economic variables.
What is POPULATION COMPOSITION?
it is structure based on gender, race, or other factors that can be inserted to.
What are under the SEX COMPOSITION?
- sex ratio
- sex structure
What are under the AGE COMPOSITION?
- median age
- dependency ratio
What is under the AGE & SEX COMPOSITION?
- population pyramid
What is COUNT?
the absolute number of population or any demographic event occurring in a specified area and time period.
What is RATIO?
it is the relation of one population subgroup to the total population of other subgroup; one subgroup is divided by another.
What is RATE?
it the frequency of demographic events in population. specified time period divided by the population “at risk” of the event occurring during that time period.
What is INCIDENCE RATE? (TYPES OF RATES)
the number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the disease.
ex: 70 new cases of breast cancer per 1,000 women per year.
What is ATTACK RATE? (TYPES OF RATES)
the risk of getting the disease during a specified period, such as the duration of an outbreak.
ex: 130 persons developed diarrhea after attending a picnic.
What is PREVALENCE RATE? (TYPES OF RATES)
the total number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population.
ex: 70 influenza case-patients in March 2019 reported in Taguig City.
What is the CASE-FATALITY RATE? (TYPES OF RATES)
the proportion of people who die from a specified disease among all individuals diagnosed with the disease over a certain period of time.
ex: 2 deaths due to HIV in Pasay City.