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The Human PopulationThe population profiles for developed and developing countries are fundamentally different. What are the differences?Some of the more developed countries have lower fertility rates
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The Human Population Carole Holmes April 1, 2006 Unit 2: Individual Project (SCI210) Laura Step The Human Population The population profiles for developed and developing countries are fundamentally different. What are the differences? Some of the more developed countries have lower fertility rates. The current rate in the U.S. is 2.0. (The fertility rate is the number of children a woman would give birth to in a lifetime if she experienced the birth rate for her country in a specified year.), but have a growing number of elderly people. The population of developed countries increases mainly because of immigration. In developing countries the population is younger. Fertility rates in these developing countries are in the range 5.5 to 7.0 in recent years. The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is less than 10 per 1,000 live births; in many of the world's poorest countries this rate is between 100 and 150. Define the epidemiological transition and the fertility...
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