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AS Human Geography: Population
Key words for the AQA A specification.
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Geography
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09/16/2015

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CASE MORTALITY RATE
Definition
The propotion of deaths within a designated population of people with a medical condition.
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CRUDE DEATH RATE
Definition
The total number of deaths to residents ina  specified geographic area divided by the total population for the same geographic area for a specified time period.
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INFANT MORTALITY
Definition
The number of deaths of childre under the age of one year expressed as per thousand live births per year. 
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MORBIDITY
Definition
The propotion of sickness of a specific disease in a specific geographic locality. 
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MORTALITY
Definition
The relative frequency of deaths in a specific population. 
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BIRTH RATE
Definition
The number of birthds per thousand people per year.
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DEATH RATE
Definition
The number of deaths per thousand people per year in a country. 
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FERTILITY RATE
Definition
The average number of children each women in the population will bear (give birth too).
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE
Definition
The number of deaths of children under the age of one year expressed as per thousand live births per year. 
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LIFE EXPECTANCY
Definition
The average number of years from birth that a person can expect to live.
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MIGRATION
Definition
The movement of people from one place in the world to another place in the world with the purpose of taking permamnent or semi permanent residence.
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IMMIGRATION
Definition
Moving into a new country.
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EMIGRATION
Definition
Leaving one country in order to move to another.
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REFUGEE
Definition
A person who is residing outside the country of their origin due to fear of persucution for reasons of race / religion / nationality / political opinion. 
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POPULATION STRUCTURE
Definition
Composition of a population.
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