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| time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering |
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| complete enumeration of a population |
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| number of years it takes to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase |
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| distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition |
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| branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people |
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| portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement |
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| Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives |
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| Natural Increase Rate (NIR) |
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| percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate |
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| disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population |
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