HuGeo 8.1 Review of Demographic language and ideas

HuGeo 8.1 Demographic language review

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All of the people in a particular area

• migration

• demographics

• population

• census

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Study of population patterns and change

• census

• demographics

• migration

• death rate

The 3 major parts of demography are:

• fertility

• migration

• mortality

Demographers study life and death

• Life = babies: Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and Birth Rate (CBR)

• Death = mortality: infant mortality (babies who die before age 1); child mortality (children who die before age 5); and life expectancy (how many years a person usually lives to)

• We are going to look at total fertility rates, birth rates, children mortality rates and life expectancy rates

Life = Fertility

• total fertility rate (TFR): how many babies a woman will have in her between 15-45

• birth rate (crude birth rate) (CBR) how many babies are born in a place

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The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is:

• crude birth rate.
• crude death rate.
• total fertility rate.
• natural increase rate.

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To study how many babies are being born in a place, geographers most frequently use:

• crude birth rate.

• crude death rate.

World CBR (crude birth rate) in 1800

30-50 babies born per 1,000 people in the population

World CBR (Crude Birth Rate) in 2015

• Europe, Asia, and the Americas the CBR is 15-25 babies born per 1000 people

• Africa CBR is 35-45 babies born per 1000 people

• More children are being born in Africa than in the other continents

World birth rates in 2017

• Many African countries have the highest birth rates (red, orange, yellow)

• European countries (plus Japan) have the lowest birth rate (dark purple)

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Number of births each year per 1,000 people

• birth rate

• population growth

• population density

• migration

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The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate
• birth rate
• baby boom
• doubling time

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One reason countries in Africa populations are growing so quickly is because...

• The world has infinite resources for everyone

• Birth rate is higher than death rate

• There are more and more places for people to live

• Death rate is higher than birth rate

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Why do women in more developed countries (MDCs, richer countries) have lower rates of fertility?

• they have jobs and professions in business and are involved in political activities

• they have access to medical care and birth control

• they pursue education opportunities, thus delaying child birth

• all of the above

Mortality is about death

• numbers about how many people die

• numbers about how old people are when they die

• gender differences between men and women

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What is child mortality rate?

• The age a person can expect to live

• Graves

• How many babies can read

• the number of children that die out of 1,000 births

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Do we want a high or low child mortality rate?

• Low - it means fewer children have died

• High - it means more children have died

Multiple Choice

Child mortality rate tells us how good or bad the ____________________ system is in that country.

• education

• healthcare

• wealth

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• In 1800, too many children died all over the world

• The world has done a really bad job helping children live to become adults.

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• The world has done a really good job since 1800 at getting children to live past the age of 5.

• Bad job world!

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Rwanda, a country in central Africa, has a high child mortality rate

• yes, at 35+ child deaths per 1000 in population

• no, at almost 5 child deaths per 1000 in population

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Japan (a country in East Asia) has a low child mortality rate

• no, at 5 child deaths per 1000 in population

• yes, at 2.4 child deaths per 1000 in population

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Canada (a country in North America) has a low child mortality rate

• no, at almost almost 30 child deaths per 1000 in population

• yes, at almost 5 child deaths per 1000 in population

Mortality is also about

• how long a person lives before they die

• demographers study life expectancy

Multiple Choice

What is the average length of time a person can expect to live called?

• infant mortality rate

• life expectancy

• literacy rate

• standard of living

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What area does life expectancy tell us about? Why do people in some places live longer, healthier lives than in other places?

• education

• healthcare

• wealth

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Would you want a high or low life expectancy rate?

• High

• Low

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Does Canada have a high life expectancy rate?

• yes, most people live past 80

• no most people don't live past 65

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Does Japan have a high life expectancy rate?

• For sure, most people live past 85 years old

• Nah, most people die young in Japan

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Rwanda has a shorter life expectancy than Japan and Canada.

• yes, people live, on average, 15 years less there

• no, people in Rwanda live the same long healthy lives that people in Japan and Canada do

Other factors in demography:

• literacy

• education

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What is the percent of the population that can read and write called?

• Literacy Rate

• Infant mortality

• Life expectancy

• Standard of living

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Does a country want a high or low literacy rate?

• High

• Low

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What does literacy rate tell us about in that country?

• Healthcare

• Education

• Wealth

Demographers also study where people live

• urban (cities)

• rural (country, countryside, farms)

Multiple Choice

Dubai urbanized very fast. Dubai became a city in just a few years.

• True, there used to be lots of open land.

• False, Dubai has always been a big city.

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In many developing countries (LDC, lesser developed countries, poorer countries) a lot of people work in rural areas in agriculture

• Yes, they grow the food they need to eat.

• No, they all go to the big city for jobs.

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Over 50% of the population of Minnesota lives in the Metro Region of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and their suburbs.

• Yes, and more and more young Minnesotans move to the Cities every year.

• No, everybody in Minnesota lives on a farm or wants to live on a farm.

Migration

• how many people are moving in (in migration)

• how many people are moving out (out migration)

• what the balance is between in and out migration is the NET MIGRATION

We will look at migration (big part of demographics) in St.Paul on Wednesday this week

Yay!