Population Concepts Flashcards
Define birth rate
The number of babies born per 1000 people per year
Define death rate
Number of deaths in a country for every 1000 people per year.
Define population growth rate
The percentage that a places population increases showed by the difference between the birth and death rate
Define infant
Baby younger than 1 years of age
Define mortality.
Death/dying
Life expectancy is the _____________ number of years a person in a specific place can _______________ ____ ________
Average. Expect to live.
What factors affect life expectancy?
Pollution
Health
Occupation
Nutrition
Education
Housing
Disease
Define parasite
An animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant
What is diarrhoea transmitted by?
Transmitted by unhygienic food and water
What is cholera transmitted by?
Unhygienic food and water and lack of personal hygiene
What is malaria transmitted by?
Mosquitoes
What is TB transmitted by?
Close contact with people who are infected.
What is HIV and AIDS transmitted by
Blood and bodily fluids
What is the prevention of diarrhoea
Better hygiene
Prevention of cholera
Boil water
Prevention of malaria
Mosquito nets and insect repellent Short term drugs.
Prevention for TB
TB vaccinations
Prevention for HIV and AIDS
Avoid unprotected sexual contact and contact with other people’s blood and body fluids
What is the treatment for diarrhoea?
Sugar and salt water
Treatment for cholera
Medical treatment
Treatment for malaria
Medical treatment and possibly hospitalisation
Treatment for TB
Strong medicines
Treatment for HIV
HIV can be managed with medicines but there is no cure
Define pandemic
A disease that has spread throughout the world
Define status
Rank or position compared with others.
Define income
Money received from wages
Define population pyramid
A graph that shows the number of people in an area by their ages and gender
What does economic status tell you?
A persons income
How do wars affect birth rates
People have fewer children during wars
Wars prevent people from farming and living a normal life
Many people die from hunger and disease
Define populous
Full of people
Define overpopulation
Too many people for the land to feed properly
What factors caused increased food production.
Farmers could produce more food because of mass produced tools
Traders and migrants took the new tools and farming methods to other places in the world
Farmers used farming machines(tractors,planters and harvesters) and fertilisers
The green revolution (a planned effort to improve farming methods and produce better crops to reduce hunger in developing countries
What are the scientific developments that helped increase the life expectancy.
Disease control
Infection control
Improved sanitation
Canned and frozen food
Refrigeration
What factors of improved health care affect the life expectancy
Immunisation
Cleanliness
Medicines
Surgery
Blood transfusions
