Session 8 - Demography And Health Care

Question 1

What is demography?

Answer 1

The scientific and statistical study of populations

Question 2

list the 3 determinants of demographic change for the population of South Africa.

Answer 2

1. Fertility and births
2. Deaths
3. Migration

Question 3

What is fertility?

Answer 3

the ability to conceive and bear children and to become pregnant through normal sexual activity

Question 4

What is the importance of mortality?

Answer 4

It describes both the likelihood of dying in any specific time and the expectation of survival

Question 5

Name the factors to be considered in mortality.

Answer 5

1. Age
2. Sex
3. Race/Ethnicity
4. Region/Area
5. Cause of death
6. Medicine and Technology
7. Social and Economic conditions

Question 6

What is migration?

Answer 6

the movement of people between two clearly defined geographic units

Question 7

List the 3 types of population pyramids

Answer 7

1. Expansive
2. Stationary
3. Constructive

Question 8

What do expansive population pyramids indicate?

Answer 8

Young and growing populations and is typically representative of developing nations

Question 9

What is population pyramid?

Answer 9

A practical presentation of age-sex composition of a community in a certain point in time

Question 10

Name the 4 stages of the demographic transition model.

Answer 10

Stage 1 - Early expanding
Stage 2 - Expanding
Stage 3 -Late expanding/Stable
Stage 4 - Stable

Question 11

What is the name of the 5th possible stage of the Demographic Transition model?

Answer 11

Stage 5 - Contracting

Question 12

What is the difference between Fertility and Fecundity?

Answer 12

Fertility -capability to produce
Fecundity - potential for reproduction