Demographic Trends and DEI (1)

Demography

the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

3 Major trends in the US as we look to 2030

there will be more of us, the population will be older, the racial proportions will continue to shift

Life expectancy

At a specific age is the average number of additional years a person of that age could expect to live if current mortality levels observed for ages above that age were to continue for the rest of that person's life. 

Population growth rate

Increase (or decrease) in the number of persons in the population during a certain period of time, expressed as a percentage of the population at the beginning of the time period

Urbanization

Process by which an increasing portion of the total population, usually that of a country, live in towns or cities, ie urban areas

Dependency rates (ratio)

Number of persons aged 0 to 14 years plus persons aged 65 years or over per one hundred persons aged 15 to 64 years. It is the sum of the child dependency ratio and the old age dependency ratio.

Population pyramids

a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population (typically that of a country or region of the world), which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

Majority-minority

Relating to a population in which more than half represent social, ethnic, or racial minorities, and in which fewer members of the more socially, politically, or financially dominant group are represented

Birth rate

per thousand

Population density 

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Emigration

Leaving and going to another place because of pull factors

Mortality rate 

Number of deaths in a given area

Ethnic composition

the demographic makeup of a specific population or geographic area, detailing the diversity of ethnic groups within it