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LECTURE 10: IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHICS ON PUBLIC HEALTH correct answers
demography correct answers the study of populations, especially with reference to size and
density, fertility, mortality, growth, age, distribution, migration, vital statistics and the
interaction of these with social and economic conditions
world population on 10/31/19 correct answers 7,608,048,125
U.S. population on 10/31/19 correct answers 329,916,453
age structure correct answers 0-14 years: 25.44%
15-24 years: 16.16%
25-54: 41.12%
55-64: 8.6%
65 years and over: 8.68%
median age correct answers total: 30.4 y/o
male: 29.6 y/o
female: 31.1 y/o
population growth rate correct answers 1.06% (2016 est.)
birth rate correct answers 18.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
death rate correct answers 7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
gender ratio correct answers At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years of age: 1.07
15-24 years: 1.07
25-54 years: 1.02
55-64 years: 0.95
65 years and over: 0.81
Total population: 1.02
infant mortality rate correct answers total: 34.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 32.1 deaths/1,000 live births
life expectancy at birth correct answers total population: 69 years
male: 67 years
female: 71.1 years
total fertility rate correct answers 2.42 children born/woman
top 5 largest countries by population correct answers 1. China
2. India
,3. U.S.A
4. Indonesia
5. Pakistan
racial makeup of the planet correct answers largest group = south asian (23.48)
east asian = 21.23
european = 16
african = 13.93
urbanization correct answers world = 54.9%
largest urban populations:
- Tokyo = 38.34 mil
- New Delhi = 27.197 mil
- Shanghai = 25.2 mil
- Beijing = 22.063 mil
- Mumbai = 21.69 mil
- Sao Paulo = 21.52 mil
- Mexico City = 21.32 mil
largest religious groups in 2015 correct answers christians = 31.2
muslims = 24.1%
unaffiliated = 16%
hindus = 15.1%
buddhists = 6.9%
folk religions = 5.7%
languages correct answers mandarin = 12.2%
spanish = 5.8%
english = 4.6%
arabic = 3.6%
hindi = 3.6%
the six UN languages: arabic, chinese (mandarin), english, french, spanish, and russian - are
the mother tongue or second language of about half of the world's population, and are the
official languages in more than half the states in the world
literacy correct answers definition = age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.2%
male: 89.8%
female: 82.6%
where are 3/4 of the world's 758 million illiterate adults found? correct answers south asia
and sub-saharan africa
of all the illiterate adults in the world, how many are women? correct answers 2/3
school life expectancy correct answers primary to tertiary education
,total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years
education expenditures correct answers 4.4% of GDP
world fertility rates correct answers highest numbers of children per woman is in africa
yearly growth rate for the world's population correct answers population in the world is
currently (2018) growing at a rate of around 1.09% per year
growth rate is declining as fertility rate is declining
current average population (globally) increase is estimated at correct answers 83 million
people per year
half of the population growth will take place in 9 countries (2017 to 2050) correct answers -
India
- Nigeria
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Pakistan
- Ethiopia
- Tanzania
- USA
- Uganda
- Indonesia
UN population prediction correct answers world population will grow by almost a billion
people in the next 13 years and will reach almost 10 billion by 2030
consequences of rapid population growth correct answers - food supply
- education system
- resources and energy
- economy and jobs
- natural environment
- social structure
- political system
- international relations
africa and world population correct answers africa is going to have the highest increase in
population, current highest growth rate
if the world were 100 people: correct answers - 51 urban, 49 rural
- 78 electricity, 22 no electricity
- 87 safe drinking water, 13 unsafe drinking water
- 15 would be undernourished
- 48 would live on less than $2 USD a day
- 1 out of 2 children will live in poverty
, what country has the largest population of people age 65 and over? correct answers japan
developing vs. developed countries and population growth correct answers developing =
large proportion of young people
developed = population pyramid is uniform throughout, aging population
majority of population growth occurs in: correct answers developing countries
strong predictors of high fertility rates correct answers poverty
low levels of educational attainment
global decline in fertility, 1950-2010 correct answers global fertility rate has dropped from 5
to 2.5 in roughly 50 years
average woman in developing countries (outside of China) now has 3 children, down from 6
global aging correct answers % less than 60 years old = 10% in 2000 and 21+% in 2015
effect of aging:
- health care use 3 to 5x greater
- 50% have two or more chronic condition
urban population correct answers 50.5% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization correct answers 1.85% annual rate of change
rural vs. urban correct answers - Poorer health
- Less access to health care
- Poorer quality of health care
- Higher proportion of elderly, due to industrialization and migration of young workers to
urban areas
- Slower epidemic potential (population density), but lower rates of immunity
- Higher cost of providing services; e.g., water, electricity, waste disposal
impact of poor water and sanitation correct answers -Causes 88% of diarrhea cases; 1.5
million deaths annually
-High infant mortality due to dehydration resulting from diarrhea
-No access to improved water - 884 million (13% of the global population)
WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) data correct answers - 71% of the world's
population used safely managed drinking water services in 2015
- 2.3 billion people still lacked basic sanitation services in 2015
- 15% of people in sub-Saharan Africa had basic hand washing facilities with soap and water
at home in 2015
- 5.4 million children under age 5 died in 2017
- 1 million children under 5 died due to prematurity in 2016