Population indicators

Question 0

define death rate
how do they differ
why do they differ at different countries at different stages of development

Answer 0

1)number of deaths per 1000 per year
2)in 15 countries the BR is below the DR all are in Europe except for japan
continents :highest Africa at 12/1000 a year
lowest Latin America 6/1000 a year
countries : Botswana 27/1000
Pakistan 9/1000
3) health - control of disease, diet and malnutrition
Botswana malnutrition prevalence 28% in 2011
many families find maintaining a healthy diet is too costly
Pakistan immunization cover 80%
92% population use improved water sources
therefore diarrhea decreases

Question 1

define birth rate
how does it differ
why does it differ at countries at different stages of development

Answer 1

1)number of live births per 1000 people per year
2)continents: Africa has the highest 36/1000
Europe has the lowest 11/1000
16 countries in Africa have a birth rate of 40/1000 a year eg niger
other countries eg Afghanistan 44/1000
countries:Niger has the highest 48/1000
Monaco and Taiwan is the lowest 7/1000
cultural
religious attitude and rile of women in society
Niger-80% are Muslim
USA (BR 14) wife is the sole earner in 23% families
wives outearn their husbands 28% of the time when both work

Question 2

define life expectancy
how does it differ
why does it differ at different countries at different stages of development

Answer 2

1)the average number of years a person can expect to live from birth
2)highest average N America 78 years
lowest average Africa 58 years
2011: 7 countries had a life expectancy below 50yrs
Afghanistan is the lowest 44 years
increasing of number if countries with over 80yrs LE, 27 countries in 2011
3) Haiti 52 years
UK 78 years
political: strength of economy, impact of war and conflicts
Haiti- president Duvalier = corruption, stole £504 million
-managed to clear debt of 150 million francs to France in 1883
therefore weakens their economy and reduction of money for development
UK- stable government with little corruption
-6th largest GDP 37,500

Question 3

define fertility
how does it differ
why does it differ at countries at different stages of development

Answer 3

1)the average number of children a woman will have
2)MEDCs 1.7 children
LEDCs 4.5 children
the highest is in sub Saharan Africa 5.2 children
total of 76 countries - total fertility rate below 2.1
3) see BR

Question 4

define infant mortality rate
how does it differ
why does it differ at counties at different stages of development

Answer 4

1) number of deaths of children under 1 years old per 1000 live births
2) highest: Africa at 74/1000
lowest: Europe at 6/1000
variation between countries are high
8 countries have IMR above 100/1000
highest Afghanistan at 131/1000
lowest in Singapore Sweden etc
lowest Hong Kong at 1.6/1000
3) social: level of sanitation
Yemen IMR 7.5 only 30% country has sanitation cover
UK IMR 5 over 99% country has sanitation cover
education: females in education and literacy levels
Niger IMR 149
female secondary school participants 8%
female youth literacy rate 23%
USA IMR 6.17
USA secondary school participation 90% female
literacy rate 99.99%