1. Population and Demography

2. World’s growth rate

3. Malthus & New Malthusians
The population will outstrip its food supply
Exponential growth
It took all of human history to 1800 for the world to hit its 1st billion
2 billion 130 years (1930)
3 billion 30 years (1960)
4 billion 15 years (1975)
5 billion 12 years (1987)
6 billion 12 years (1999)

4. Anti-Malthusians Demographic Transition Theory
Stage 1 Stable population
births & deaths are balanced
Stage 2 Rapidly growing population
births far outnumber deaths
Stage 3 Stable population
births & deaths become balanced
Stage 4 Shrinking population
deaths outnumber births

5. Reasons for population Increase/Decrease

6. Migration Emigration Immigration Internal Migration
pop. leaves an area
Immigration
pop. enters an area
Most countries do not encourage
Internal Migration
movement within nation’s boundary lines

7. Death Rate Leading causes of death 1900 for the United States
1. Pneumonia
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Kidney disease

8. Table C. Deaths and percentage of total deaths for the 10 leading causes of death: United States, 2004
2004
Cause of death (based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, 1992)
Rank1 Deaths Percent of total deaths
All causes ,397,
Diseases of heart ,
Malignant neoplasms (cancer) ,
Cerebrovascular diseases
(stroke, aneurysm) ,
Chronic lower respiratory diseases ,
Accidents (unintentional injuries)) ,
Diabetes mellitus ,
Alzheimer’s disease ,
Influenza and pneumonia ,
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome
and nephrosis (kidney disease) 9 42,
Septicemia (blood poisining) ,

9. Fertility

10. A woman can have potentially 30 children in her life time
A woman can have potentially 30 children in her life time. Realistically the max is usually 15.

11. Determination of Fertility

12. Women’s avg. age at 1st marriage
Infant mortality

13. Value of children Gender preferences
children as insurance against divorce
children as securers of women’s position in family
children’s value for economic gain
children’s value for old-age support
Pg , 396 Henslin
Gender preferences

14. Fertility Control Contraception use Income level Education of women
Urban or rural residence