GEOG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Malaria
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No, its left up to the preference and how you categorize a region. Top populations in the world: #1 china ~1. 4 billion, #2 india ~1. 3 billion, #3 usa ~ 325 million, #4 indonesia 90% islamic. Western world: u. s. a. , canada, europe: #5 brazil, rni: stable. Where is population growing: not industrialized world: less medicine, less abortion/contraception, less education, less hygiene, more conservative. Rni: 4. 0: infant mortality rate: # babies die within the first year of life(5. 6%, malaria: kills because infants have underdeveloped immune system, dehydration: (dysentery) from bad water. High infant mortality rate= lower life expectancy. Usa life expectancy: men- age 76 women: age 81. Swaziland life expectancy (because of hiv+ aids): men- age 50 women: age 84 women: age 48. 1920s in the usa age 53 for men and 54 for women. Humans live longer and also have more impact. Total fertality rate= # of child the average women has during child bearing years.
