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Unit 2 Vocab Part 2
2.3, 2.5
Question | Answer |
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Demographic Transition Model (DTM) | Model used as an indicator of what will happen to a society or country’s population and development over time. There are 5 stages. |
Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM) | Model that shows the distinct causes of death for each stage of the DTM. |
Medical Revolution | Improved medical practices begin to eliminate many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enable more people to live longer and healthier lives. |
Epidemiology | Study of disease. |
Industrial Revolution | Process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. |
Pandemic | When a disease is prevalent over a whole country or the world. |
Population Pyramid | Graph that shows percentage of the population in each age group and the distribution of males and females. |
Sex Ratio | The ratio of males to females in a population. |
Dependency Ratio | The number of people who are too young or too old to work, compared to the number of people in their productive years. |
Elderly Support Ratio | The number of working-age people (15-64) divided by the number of persons 65 and older. |