The Aging Population Soc 202 December-19‚ 2010 The Aging Population The aging population seemed like one of the most important populations suffering in our world today. The aging society has a: Declining birthrate‚ Increase in the life expectancy of Americans‚ and consist of 13% (35 million) of the United States population. (Stanley‚ Baca‚ & Eitzen‚ 2008) When I think of the aging population in the United States I cannot let go of the thought that their future is going to be harder as
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ST The population of our planet will quickly reach a point where there will not be adequate amount of resources to support life on Earth. Population control must be enforced to avoid such a catastrophic occurrence. Many economic‚ social and environmental problems are either affiliated with or are increased due to overpopulation. With an exponentially increasing world population‚ the problems created by overpopulation grow correspondingly. In order to stabilize the massive population‚ the world
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Geography assessment Question 1: Natural increase is a driving factor of the population around the whole world‚ it contributes to every nation in the same way both boosting the economy and creating strain on governments to feed nations. Along with natural increase there are other things such as refugees‚ immigration and emigration which contribute to a countries population. Birth rate relates to the amount of babies born a year‚ in Australia per year there is about 300‚000 babies born each and
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country and the gross national income per capita is only 760. The population- UK The Population is 62.3 million. The birth rate is 12 births per thousand people. The death rate is 9 deaths per thousand people. The vital rates are high because children don’t need to work on farms anymore and they are seen so be expensive. Death rates are low because people go into old people’s homes and get looked after. Kenya The population is 40 million. The birth rate is 34 births per thousand people
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Ways to control Population Growth Population growth is the rate of increase in the size of a given area‚ such as a city‚ country or continent. Population growth is closely linked to fertility‚ which is the rate at which women produce offspring. Due to the limited resources on earth and in various countries‚ rampant population growth can lead to inadequate food and other amenities‚ so in certain cases it can be beneficial to attempt to limit population growth. Laws One way for a country or
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distribution of the world’s population. The world population is expected to grow from 6.1 billion in 2000 to 8.9 billion in 2050‚ increasing therefore by 47 per cent. The changing distribution‚ rate and nature of the world’s population consider a number of factors which include urbanisation‚ population of the developing and developed countries. Also how fast or slow the population increases over a specific period of time‚ and where the distribution is and why. Population of developing countries
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suburb recorded a population of 8‚061. • Density 4‚240/km2 (10‚990/sq mi) Period West End Australia People Persons (no.) 2012 8‚710 22‚710‚352 Male (no.) 2012 4‚431 11‚304‚018 Female (no.) 2012 4‚279 11‚406‚334 Median Age (years) 2012 33.2 37.3 Population by Age group - Persons Population by Age group - Persons - 0 to 14 years (%) 11.1 Population by Age group - Persons - 15 years to 24 years (%) 15.9 Population by Age group - Persons - 25 years to 34 years (%) 26.3 Population by Age group
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Background Our citizen population reached a turning point in 2012‚ as our first cohort of Baby Boomers turned 65. Singapore will experience an unprecedented age shift between now and 2030. Over 900‚000 Baby Boomers‚ more than a quarter of the current citizen population‚ will enter their silver years. From 2020 onwards‚ the number of working-age citizens will decline‚ as older Singaporeans retiring outnumber younger ones starting work. At our current low birth rate‚ our citizen population will age rapidly
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Over Population The world’s population is approximately 5.9 billion‚ and it is still growing. It has just about doubled in the past forty years. We are now faced with the issue of over population. The problem is very severe‚ and important. It is controversial how many people this planet can hold. Some are arguing that we have plenty of room‚ and we could fit everyone on the state of Alaska‚ if we just put 10‚000 people on each square mile. Alaska only makes up about one
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Introduction The debate over relationship between population growth and economic development is there since the much criticized theory of Malthus in 18th century. Economist focused on the size of population and the growth of nation‚ but the composition of population age structure was not considered until the study of Coale and Hoover (1958)‚ but in recent years‚ demographers Bloom et al have studied the type of composition of age structure of population and its effect on economic growth and the concept
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