Population Demographics Haiti has a population of 10‚486‚800 people (CIA‚2017). Of this population‚ major ethnic groups are black (95%)‚ mulatto and white (CIA‚ 2017). Religion is a very important part of Haitian culture‚ with the majority of the population practicing Roman Catholicism (54.7%)‚ Protestant (28.5%)‚ Voodoo (2.1%)‚ and only 10.2% of people are non-religious (CIA‚ 2017). Voodoo is not entirely considered a religion‚ but instead serves as a “cultural background for most Haitians… which
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health and wellbeing of populations living in rural and isolated areas is generally poorer than those living in capital cities and other urban areas. Epidemiology has shown the further a person lives from a metropolitan area‚ the greater the risk of mortality and illness - those living in rural and remote areas also have the concern that lower socioeconomic status is related to their geographic position. The inequality between rural and urban areas is being worsened by the constant breakdown of social
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Anthrax It’s hard to find a person that does not enjoy biting into a nice juicy steak‚ a hamburger‚ or even his or her mother’s meatloaf. Next time you take a bite into those delicious cattle you might want to take something into consideration. Anthrax‚ which is a life threatening disease that affects sheep‚ cattle‚ horses‚ and goats‚ can be transmitted to a human from a simple bite of infected meat. This disease comes in three different varieties including Cutaneous‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Inhalation
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(2006‚ January 1). Slightly smaller than Indiana‚ Portugal has a population of 10‚813‚834. Lisbon is the current capital of Portugal‚ and one of the major urban areas. Majority of people speak the native language Portuguese. Their population growth rate is .12% with 9.42 births per /1‚000 and 10.97 deaths/1‚000. The
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Tetanus is a disease that is now considered rare in developed countries such as the United States‚ however it is still an issue in underdeveloped countries. Clostridium tetani is the obligate anaerobic gram positive endospore that is responsible for the disease tetanus. Clostridium tetani spores are ubiquitous. They can be found in soil‚ animal feces and manure. Clostridium tetani spores can tolerate temperature of more than 100 degrees Celsius. Tetanus is the only disease that is vaccine preventable
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individuals are spending on luxuries‚ can total to a great amount‚ which can help pay for food and medical aid for the poor. With an increase of food and medicine‚ the rate at which children and adults die due to starvation and lack of medical help‚ can quickly decrease. Nations will less frequently struggle with high mortality rate among newly born and children as well as among adult people suffering from curable diseases. In addition‚ the donated money can allow for the improvement of educational
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individual need to be researched further. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for Indigenous Australians. Males with this ethnicity were 5.2 times higher than the same age-specific death rate of non-indigenous males and 4.7 for females. The median age for death caused by CVD of Indigenous males was 58 years‚ compared to 78 years for the total male population. 65 years was the media age for Indigenous females and 84 years for all
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unprotected sex. Due to immaturity‚ teenage mother tried to escape from the consequences for them to commit abortion or to dump the baby somewhere upon giving birth. In Malaysia‚ increasing cases of Baby Dumping has been reported to reach alarming rate that calls the attention of the Authorities. CASES OF BABY DUMPING FROM 2005 UNTIL 7TH APRIL 2010 | HEADQUARTERS ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE (PDRM) | SELANGOR | 105 | JOHOR | 83 | SABAH | 65 | SARAWAK | 34 | NEGERI SEMBILAN | 24 | PALAU
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Some of these factors include birth rates‚ death rates and fertility rates. The human population jumped considerably in 100 years from 1.6 billion to 6.0 billion in the years 1900-2000. A new century (20th) meant that despite having two world wars the standards of living started to improve and peoples’ life expectancy increased. In 2002 the worlds population increased by 1.2 percent‚ which totaled to more than 6.2 billion people in the world. Once the rate of the increase had been translated
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