GEO 210 Final: GEO 210 FINAL EXAM NOTES

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 210
• Professor: Larry Fullerton

Document Summary

Life expectancy: average number of years to live from date of birth. Group fear: sense that large magnitude events happen infrequently. Mortality: number of deaths in a given time or place, proportion of deaths to the population, number lost or rate of loss/ failure: first nation mortality rates are almost twice canadians. Both genders, more so for young adults: males have higher mortality rates than females. Due to: more men smoke, drink (#"s evening out), females have more doctor visitors. Micromort: on- in- a million chance of dying. Morbidity: relative incidence of disease, rate of sickness: specific mortality due to a disease can droop while morbidly increases. Exposure: genetic disposition, behaviours, life (living, working, playing) when (time of day, moth, year, timing with other events) Large scale map: more detail, local level 1:25,00. Small scale map: more area, less detail 1: 4,500,000. Hazard zones are shown on maps can show average annual loss of disaster pollution.