Flashcards Unit 2
Cohort
A group of people that have shared a particular time or time span together
Constrictive Pyramid
A type of population pyramid that shows a low percentage of young people
Demographic transition model
A model that is used to represent the shit from high fertility and mortality rates to low fertility and mortality rates as a country develops into an industrialized economic system
Expansive pyramid
A population pyramid with a broad base that indicates a rapid rate growth in population due to high proportion of children
Graying population
A population where the people are typically older since the country has both a low birth rate and low death rate
Mortality rate
The measure of the number of deaths in a particular population in relation to the size of the population
Population density
The number of people living in particular unit of space
Population distribution
The arrangement of people within a particular unit of space
Population pyramid
Graphical illustrations that depict the distribution of various age groups within a particular human population
Stable pyramid
A type a population pyramid that shows a pattern of mortality and fertility that is unchanging
Stationary pyramid
A type a population pyramid that depicts low mortality and low fertility and is similar to the constrictive pyramid
Total fertility rate
The total number of children and woman is typically expected to have during the child bearing years based on the current birth rates
Warren Thompson
An American demographer who developed demographic history by studying the mortality and birth rates in industrialized societies for a period of 200 years
Where was the international conference on population and development held in 1994
Cairo Egypt
What stage of the demographic transition model is high fertility and declining mortality indicating higher growth
Stage 2
