SOCIETY Student’s name Course Date Growing Aging Population Static of Showing Society Aging The past 50 years have recorded an increase in the number of older people. It is estimated that this number will be more than triple in the next 50 years. This is since‚ the older population grows faster in practically all the regions‚ in the world than the total population‚ and that the difference in the rate of growths is increasing1. In 2009‚ there were 39.6 million people of 65 years
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The aging population is growing and the baby boomers has reach retirement age. A person’s life expectancy is longer‚ which increases the incidents of chronic diseases‚ disability‚ and the need for long-term health care. In addition‚ aging movement patterns are changing which affects hospital services. Issues like the health care cost‚ increases in prescription drug cost or the need for in home medical care‚ and the financial costs of managing chronic diseases. The aging population is the baby
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Population I. INTRODUCTION A population is all the organisms of the same group or species who live in the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. In ecology the population of a certain species in a certain area is estimated using the Lincoln Index. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas. Normally breeding is substantially
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and developing countries face the problem of over population. Too many mouths to feed and less natural resources on hand can have a devastating effect on the economy. Countries like India and China have large population. In India‚ population growth has been on a higher scale than what the country’s economy can handle. The prosperity of a nation depends upon the standard of living of its people. Developed countries‚ such as the US with less population provide a better standard of living for their people
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demographic transition theory became the dominant theory of population growth. Based on observed trends in Western European societies‚ it argues that populations go through three stages in their transition to a modern pattern. Stage one (pre transition) is characterized by low or no growth‚ and high fertility is counterbalanced by high mortality. In Stage Two (the stage of transition)‚ mortality rates begin to decline‚ and the population grows at a rapid pace. By the end of this stage‚ fertility has
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Population case study: India | Geography HL | Contents: 1. Population Transition: Structure and composition 2. Population Issues 3. Population Policies in response to population issues a. Evaluate and assess 4. Population trends: Possible scenarios b. DTM – fifth stage Population Transition: Structure and composition Introduction * India is a country with a considerably young population as compared to many others in the world. * It is estimated
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The Urbanization of the Human Population Urbanization is the concentration of people in towns and cities‚ this marks a fundamental step in mans social evolution. Cities first appeared some 5‚500 years ago they were both small and overcrowded. Today the biggest cities in the world accommodate most people due to urban agglomeration (e.g. 7% of the American nations land accommodated 70% of the nation in 1960). This saw a high degree of social complexity and interactment as never imagined before
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On the Ageing Population The Issue With the development of the advanced society‚ increasingly numbers of nations are facing the ageing problem. The aging population‚ the fraction of the population aged 65 and over exceeds 8-10%‚ has been universally recognized as one of the worldwide social issues in 21 century. We are ageing—not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006‚ almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030‚ that total is projected to increase
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There are many impacts of a youthful population and the effects are shown in Uganda. Due to many young people unemployment is common as there aren’t enough jobs for young people when they grow up. More unemployment means more people are dependent on government support as shown by 22% of Uganda’s youth is unemployed. Increased poverty is an impact as more young people are born into families that are already poor‚ so there are more people in poverty. Some children may have to work to help support
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In the pasted years population has been growing rapidly in MEDC’s and LEDC’s‚ by looking at the crude birth rate and crude death rate we are able to see how the population grows in certain countries. Looking at how high the rates are in a LEDC country and a MEDC country‚ you are able to conclude that you can relate specific factors to different areas of the world. When looking at the population growth of a LEDC there are common factors that appear when looking at the death and birth rates. For
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