GGRC02H3 Lecture 5: Week 5 Lecture Note
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In-class assignment will also be one week later march 23. Demographic transition: mortality transition refers to longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality rates, and lower population growth that occurs over time. In the more developed world, only 2% of diseases are from people under 20: more elders die in developed world, and younger children die in less developed countries. Crude birth rates 2006: crude birth rate (cdr) = (# of deaths / # of total population) x 1000. Infant mortality rates compared: = rates to how many children survive their first year in comparison to all born children. 5: combat aids and hiv and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, develop global partnership for development. Mortality & ethnicity: us spent highest gdp in health care system, but is still ranked 46 more than. In 2005, the infant mortality rates for non hispanic whites were 5. 76, but it was more than double the infant mortality rate for non hispanic blacks than non.
