unit 4 terms

Question 1

Crude Birth rates

Answer 1

calculated as the number of births per 1000 people per year in a population, does not consider the gender or age of the population (has a spatial association with the natural increase and natural decrease patterns

Question 2

Total Fertility Rate

Answer 2

average number of births woman of child-bearing age (15-49
years). TFR is strongly interconnected with birth rates

Question 3

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 3

average number of deaths of persons less than one year of
age per 1000 live births in a year

Question 4

Child Mortality Rate

Answer 4

average number of deaths of children under the age of five per
1000 live births per year

Question 5

Neonatal Mortality

Answer 5

first 28 days after birth, fell from 36.8 per 1000 live births in 1990 to
17.0 in 2019

Question 6

Maternal Mortality

Answer 6

number of mothers who die because of pregnancy-related conditions or within 42 days of termination of a pregnancy

Question 7

Life Expectancy

Answer 7

average number of years a person can be expected to live from birth

Question 8

Population Dynamics

Answer 8

changes that occur in a population and includes how and why these changes occur.

Question 9

Natural Increase

Answer 9

subtracting death rates from birth rates, indicates whether a population is growing

Question 10

Population Density

Answer 10

The number of people located within a given area

Question 11

Dependent Population

Answer 11

The percentage of very young and very old peoples within a population that relies on the working population for support

Question 12

Fertility Rate

Answer 12

The average number of babies born to women within a given population.

Question 13

Age Cohort

Answer 13

A measurement of age groups, usually in five years, used in population pyramids.

Question 14

Population Growth

Answer 14

The percentage at which a population increases or decreases each year

Question 15

Baby boom

Answer 15

Term given to the rise in birth rates following the end of the Second World War - in Australia refers to babies born between 1946 and 1966.

Question 16

Replacement Rate

Answer 16

The fertility rate (average 2.1 babies) required for women within a given population in order to maintain the size of that population

Question 17

Ageing Population

Answer 17

A population in which the proportion of people in the older cohorts is increasing

Question 18

Demographic Transition Model

Answer 18

A method that shows the various stages through which populations may pass.

Question 19

Age Structure

Answer 19

The percentage of people at each age level within a given population.

Question 20

Demography

Answer 20

The study of the characteristics and changes in the size and structure of human populations.

Question 21

Population Distribution

Answer 21

The pattern in which a population is spread across a given area.

Question 22

Zero Population Growth

Answer 22

Where the birth rate equals the death rate and the population remains stable.

Question 23

Population Doubling Time

Answer 23

The number of years required for a population to double in size.

Question 24

Population Pyramid

Answer 24

A bar graph showing the distribution by gender and age groups of a given population.

Question 25

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 25

average number of births woman of child-bearing age (15-49 years). TFR is strongly interconnected with birth rates

Question 26

maternal mortality

Answer 26

number of mothers who die because of pregnancy-related conditions or within 42 days of termination of a pregnancy

Question 27

child mortality rate

Answer 27

Average number of deaths if children under the age of five per 1000 children in a year

Question 28

maternal mortality

Answer 28

number of mothers who die because of pregnancy-related conditions or within 42 days of termination of a pregnancy