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    Examine the Main Trends in Births and Deaths in the United Kingdom since 1900 (24 Marks) Birth rates overall has been on the decline‚ (the amount of live babies born per year per 1000 of the population). There are many reasons for this‚ one of the main ones being the changes in women’s positions. Women are now seen as more legally equal to men‚ they are now allowed to vote with no animosities held against them‚ also they now get paid to work which allows them to provide for themselves and their

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    The birth rate of a country refers to the number of live births per thousand of the population per year. The general trend for the UK is that there has been a decline in the birth rate since 1900 however there have been fluctuations in the rate due e.g. After World War 1 & 2 and in the 1960s. Sociologists believe this is because of four major factors: changes in gender roles‚ falling infant mortality‚ children being seen as an economic burden and our society becoming more child centred. A main

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    Examine the main trends in births and deaths in the United Kingdom since the 1900” (24 mark) Births and deaths are the main aspects that determine a populations overall size. Untill the 1980‚ big changes had occurred in Britain‚ as a result of natural change‚ where tehre were more births than deaths in the UK. By 1801‚ Britian has a popuatlion of 10.5 million‚ a hundered year later in 1901‚ the population stood at 37 million. It is predicted that by 2031‚ the popultaion will reach a whooping 71

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    Since 1990‚ there has been a declining trend in birth rates and family size. The birth rate refers to the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year. There have been incidents of ’baby booms’ during the 20th century‚ where the birth rate has suddenly increased. These include after both world wars and during the 1960s. However‚ overall the birth rate has been decreasing. There are a number of social factors responsible for these changes. Firstly‚ the changing position of women in society

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    Examine the reasons for‚ and the consequences of‚ the fall in death rates since 1900. (24 Marks) Consequences- Ageing population in Britain- Government spending NHS/Welfare -Lack of jobs for elderly- e.g. B&Q Reasons- Improvements in healthcare and medicines -Safer jobs Death rates are the number of deaths per 100‚000 of the population per year. Since 1900 due to improvements in many areas‚ a few examples being medicine‚ welfare and safer jobs‚ death rate in countries such as Britain have decreased

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    Examine the main trends in the birth and death rates in the UK since 1900 As the population of a country increases‚ there will be certain factors affecting the people of that country; the birth rate‚ and the death rate are two of the major demographic trends. Since 1900 the UK has changed greatly‚ as has the demography of the country. The Birth rate - the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year originally was fairly high due to the fact that child labour was legal in Victorian

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    Since the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only

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    Examine the reasons for changes in birth rates and family size since 1990 (24 marks) Birth rate is the number of babies being born per 1000 of a population per year‚ it may be measured as the number of births in a given population during a given time period (such as a calendar year)‚ divided by the total population and multiplied by 1‚000. Since 1900 there has been a decline in the demographic trend of birth rate‚ however there was an increase after the two world wars and the 1960’s. The end of

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    Explain trends and patterns in birth rates‚ nativity increase and mortality‚ infant mortality rates‚ fertility rates and life expectations in the different regions of the world. World population has grown very rapidly after the first billion was reached in 1825. After that‚ as shown in text-fig1‚ it took 100 years to add the second billion (1825 – 1930)‚ 30 years to add the third billion (1930 – 1960)‚ 15 years to add the fourth one (1960 – 1975)‚ 12 years to add the fifth one (1975 – 1987)‚ 12

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    can be potentially more important for the next generation than it is for us. The issue is birth  rate or population‚ what it is now and what it will be in the future.     First of all‚ what is birth rate?   The birth rate is the total number of births per 1000 of a population in a year. As you may  know‚ by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate we will result in the rate of population.     Here is a display of the birth rate from 1950 to 2015.     Year  Birth rate   1950­1955  37.2  1955­1960  35.3  1960­1965  34

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