APHG 2.2 vocab

Life expentancy

A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live.

Eugenic population policies

Government policies designed to favor a specific race of individuals over another.

Demographic transition

This multistage model of population growth is based upon the Western European model of population experience. Specifically, the changes in population in response to industrialization.

Population pyramids

These visual representations of the age and sex composition is represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total population.

chronic diseases

 Generally long-lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies.

AIDS

The disease caused by the HIV virus which reduces the infected person’s capacity to ward off illnesses due to a lack of immunity.

expansive population policies

Government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth.

Restrictive population policies

Government policies that are designed to reduce the rate of natural increase in a population.

Population composition level

This geographic term describes the structure of a population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education.

child mortality rate

This figure describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population.

infant mortality rate

This figure describes the number of babies who die within the first year of their lives in a given population.

 stationary population level 

 This figure describes the level at which a national population ceases to grow.