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- science which deals with the study of the human population size, composition and distribution in space
- Population size - refers to the number of people in a given place or area at a given time
- When the population is characterized in relation to certain variables such as age, sex, occupation or educational level, then the population composition is being described
- The nurse also describes how people are distributed in a specific geographic location
Demographic Information
- obtained from a variety of sources but the most common come from censuses, sample surveys, and registration systems
Philippines
- one of the most populous countries in the world
- total population (2012 census) conducted by the National Statistics Office is at 101.8 million persons with an average annual growth rate of 1.90%
- age distribution for 0-14 is 34.6%, 14-64 is 61.1% and 65 and above is 4.3%
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