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ch 2 populations

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demography   show
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show number of people per unit area of land  
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show number of people per unit area of land (calculate by dividing population of area by amount of land)  
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show description of spatial distribution of people, including where large numbers of people live closely together and where few people live  
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show thematic map where individual symbols represent a certain number of cases of a phenomenon; for example, a map where one dot represents 100,000 people  
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megalopolis   show
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natural increase rate   show
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show number of live births per 1000 people among a population in an area in a year  
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show number of deaths per 1000 among a population in an area in a year  
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contraceptive prevalence rate   show
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show time required for a population to double in size  
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show the average number of children born to a woman of child-bearing age  
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show number of people 65 years or older for every 100 people between the ages of 15-64 (working age population)  
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show number of people between the ages of 0 and 14 for every 100 people between the ages of 15-64 (working age population)  
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show structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties such as marital status and education  
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population pyramids   show
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show observation that a country's birth rate and death rate change in predictable ways over stages of economic development; model is based on population change in western Europe  
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zero population growth   show
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infant mortality rate (IMR)   show
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life expectancy   show
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epidemiological transition   show
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infectious diseases   show
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show generally long-lasting afflictions, now more common because of longer life expectancies  
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show diseases caused by variation or mutation of a gene or group of genes in humans  
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malaria   show
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expansive population policies   show
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show government policies designed to limit population growth among a certain group of people  
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restrictive population policies   show
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