GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 3
-Birth rate: total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year -Death rate: measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time -Natural increase: crude birth rate minus the crude death rate -Infant mortality rate: refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age -Life expectancy: statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex -Birth control: allows us to prevent pregnancy and plan the timing of pregnancy -Dependent population: Group of people who, on the reference date, were in one of the following situations in relation to activity: unemployed looking for their first job, studying or carrying ou...
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