GEOG 1280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Degenerative Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Malaria
14 Dec 2017
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Demography: the study of population in general perspective. Population density: a measure of total population relative to land size in a country. Two trends: aging population in japan, china and europe and declining fertility rate in many developing countries: aging index: the number of people age 65 and older per 100 children ages 0-14 ex. Proper sanitation, nourishment: newborn death rate: number of deaths in the first 1 month of life per 1000 life births, child mortality, child mortality rate: deaths of children between 1 and 5 years of age. Less developed countries can see 1 and 5 kids die: life expectancy, life expectancy: the number of years, on average, someone may expect to remain alive. Influence on health and wellbeing: endemic when it prevails over a small area, epidemic is a large area. Malaria, hiv/aids: resulting from a parasite and the multiplication in the body, make up 65% of all diseases, chronic and genetic diseases, degenerative disease ex.
