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arithmetic density   show
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show A periodic and official count of a country’s population.  
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show A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population.  
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crude death rate (CDR)   show
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crude birth rate (CBR)   show
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show Multistage model, based on Western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. High birth rates and death rates are followed by plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain.  
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show The time required for a population to double in size.  
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show A disease that is particular to a locality or region.  
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infant mortality rate (IMR)   show
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life expectancy   show
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Thomas Malthus   show
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show Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world; formerly used specifically with an uppercase “M” to refer to the Boston—Washington multimetropolitan corridor on the northeastern seaboard of the US.  
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show Population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths. Natural increase of a population does not reflect either emigrant or immigrant movements.  
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show The number of people per unit area of arable land.  
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show Visual representations of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age group (generally five-year increments) is represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total population.  
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total fertility rate (TFR)   show
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show a state in which a population is maintained at a constant level because the number of deaths is exactly offset by the number of births.  
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