the number of infants per 1,000 live births who die before reaching one year of age.
51. Space- time compression
the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place, as a result of improved communications and transportation systems
45. Intraregional Migration Pattern
permanent movement within one region of a country.
32. Carrying capacity
the number of people an area can support on a sustained basis given the prevailing technology.
22. Pandemic
a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a high proportion of the population.
6. Population explosion
a dramatic increase in world population since 1900. The crucial element triggering this explosion has been a dramatic decrease in the death rate, particularly for infants and children, in most of the world.
27. J-Curve
a curve depicting exponential or geometric growth
24. Dependency ratio
a simple measure of the number of economic dependents, old or young, that each 100 people in the productive years (usually 15
5. Mortality
death rate, the number of deaths per year per thousand population.
