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    Ageing population –any resolutions? According to the World Health Organization ‚ a country or a city is defined as an ageing society if the number of elders who aged 65 or above exceed 7% of the whole population. With 14% of elders in population‚ the country would be considered as an aged society. Worse still‚ if the amount of elders still keep on increasing and reach 20% of the population‚ the country would be classified as an hyper-aged society. Recently‚ the ageing population has been under the

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    Special Populations Case managers help serve the vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations may include the elderly‚ people with physical disabilities; young children and those with serve mental disabilities. This is done through a process that involves intake‚ assessment‚ intervention planning‚ advocacy and much more. A case manger over all helps a client through referral and resource information. This paper will discuss and focus on a very vulnerable population‚ young children. Through research

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    Human Population – Changes in Survival I. Abstract The purpose of this lab was to determine how changes in human mortality and survivorship have influenced population growth. II. Introduction People today are living longer than they did a hundred years ago. This can be contributed to the advances in modern medicine and lifestyle changes. We as a society are taking better care of our elderly. We have government funding to help those who cannot help themselves. Our society also promotes children

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    Is Population Still a ‘Time Bomb’? By Rachael Cage In the face of uncontrolled population growth‚ international relations theorists have long regarded overpopulation as a serious challenge‚ which if mishandled could lead to a dire catastrophe. This paper will focus on Thomas Malthus and Paul Ehrlich who have been very influential in the population debate. Malthus established positive and preventative checks which naturally try to counteract the population increase and warned of an incapacity

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    Ecology and Population Growth University of Phoenix SCI 230 Introduction to Life Science September 30‚ 2010   Ecology and Population Growth The current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment is approximately 6‚872‚164‚233. Every minute‚ the world ’s human population increases by 176 people. At the beginning of this century‚ earth ’s human population already surpassed 6 billion; at the end of the century‚ it could reach 12 billion (Aliette‚ 2001). The population changes

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    The Population Growth Rate in India For many years concern has been voiced over the seemingly unchecked rate of population growth in India‚ but the most recent indications are that some success is being achieved in slowing the rate of population growth. The progress which has been achieved to date is still only of a modest nature and should not serve as premature cause for complacency. Moreover‚ a slowing of the rate of population growth is not incompatible with a dangerous population increase

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    Philippine Problem: Population Explosion I. INTRODUCTION What makes the population explosion a problem? This splurge of growth alerts politicians and economists because of the reason that human beings need resources in order to survive. Since there are limited resources‚ there would come a point wherein there would be no more resources to sustain life. The Philippines is one of the most densely populated countries in the world‚ with an estimated 99‚900‚177 number of inhabitants as

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    Introduction: Pakistan’s population has increased from 34 million in 1951 to 152 million in mid 2005. The addition of over 116 million Pakistanis in just five decades is due to the high population growth rates in the last thirty years. Continuing high population growth will amount to Pakistan’s population reaching 220 million by the year 2020. Coupled with poor human development indicators such as low: a) Literacy b) high infant mortality c) low economic growth

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    Effects of Rapid Population Growth While population growth is at times a beneficial thing for a species‚ there are many factors that define when growth becomes detrimental. When population growth becomes "rapid" there is a great chance that the counter-productive level has been reached. The most accurate index is the balance between population and sustainability. 1. Rapid Growth o Rapid growth is a quick increase in population. The number concerned when calculating the population is the number of

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    According to the International Program Center‚ U.S. Census Bureau‚ the total population of the World‚ projected to 03/27/08 at 19:37 GMT (EST+5) is 6‚657‚527‚872. (US Census Bureau) This rapid growth in population means little to most people living in this today’s world but it’s a phenomenon that should be a concern to all. It took from the start of human history to the industrial revolution around 1945 for the population to grow to 2 billion. If we then look at the figures after 1945 then we would

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