18 Questions
What does the General Fertility Rate measure?
Number of live births over midyear population of women (15-44 years of age)
What does Swaroop’s Index calculate?
Number of deaths among those 50 years and over over total deaths
What does the Case Fatality rate measure?
Number of deaths from a specified cause over Number of Cases of the same disease
What is the formula for Infant Mortality Rate?
Number of deaths under one year of age over Number of live births
Which rate calculates the number of deaths from a specified cause over midyear population X 1000?
Cause-of-Death Rate
What does Proportionate Mortality rate measure?
Number of deaths from a particular cause over total deaths
What does the crude birth rate measure?
Annual number of live births per 1,000 people
What is the general fertility rate based on?
Live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age
What does the infant mortality rate measure?
Number of deaths of children less than 1 year old per 1,000 live births
What is the replacement level fertility?
Average number of children a woman must have to replace herself
What does the total fertility rate measure?
Number of live births per woman completing her reproductive life
What is the expectation of life?
Number of years an individual could expect to live at present mortality levels
What is the difference between the de jure and de facto methods of assigning people during a census?
De jure assigns people based on their usual place of residence, while de facto assigns people based on their physical presence at the time of the census.
What types of vital events are typically recorded by registration systems like those from the civil registrar's office?
Births, deaths, marriages, and divorces
What individual characteristics are typically collected by registration systems like those from the civil registrar's office?
Age, sex, marital status, literacy/education
Incomplete vital registration systems in some countries lead to censuses being used for direct information on which aspects?
Fertility and mortality
What is the main purpose of studying populations according to the text?
To provide a quantifiable foundation for concepts in sociology, ecology, genetics, and evolution
What does the term 'vital events' refer to in the context provided?
Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, etc.
Study Notes
Vital Statistics
- Crude Birth Rate: number of live births per 1,000 people midyear population
- General Fertility Rate: number of live births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44 years old) midyear population
- Age-Specific Fertility Rates: number of live births per 1,000 women in particular age groups (e.g. 15-19, 20-24)
Mortality Rates
- Crude Death Rate: number of deaths per 1,000 people midyear population
- Specific Mortality Rate: number of deaths in a specified group per 1,000 midyear population of the same group
- Cause-of-Death Rate: number of deaths from a specified cause per 1,000 midyear population
- Infant Mortality Rate: deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate: number of deaths due to pregnancy, delivery, and puerperium per 1,000 live births
- Proportionate Mortality Rate: number of deaths from a particular cause per total deaths
- Swaroop's Index: number of deaths among those 50 years and over per total deaths
- Case Fatality Rate: number of deaths from a specified cause per number of cases of the same disease
Morbidity Rates
- Incidence Rate: number of new cases of disease developing over a period of time per population at risk of developing the disease
- Prevalence Rate: number of old and new cases of a disease over population
Population Growth and Analysis
- Geometric Increase Method: assumes population increases at a constant rate per year, used to determine annual rate of population change
- Census Analysis: estimates over or undercounting, uses de jure or de facto methods for assigning people during census
- Vital Registration Systems: record vital events in the community, collecting information on families, households, and individual characteristics
- Population Study: study of character, number, and distribution of living organisms in particular places, providing a quantifiable foundation for concepts in sociology, ecology, genetics, and evolution.
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