POPULATION

• World Birth Rate 24/1000

• U.S. Birth Rate 14/1000

• PA Birth Rate 13.7/1000

• U.S. Teenage Birth Rate

21/1000 ages 15 - 17

(A decline since peaking in 1991 but still the highest among developed countries)

For black teens the rate is 114.8/1000

• White babies born out - of- wedlock22%

• Black babies born out - of - wedlock70%

• World Mortality Rate 9/1000

• U.S. Mortality Rate 7/1000

• World Infant Mortality Rate 59/1000

• U.S. Infant Mortality Rate 6.9/1000

• White Infant Mortality Rate6.9/1000

• Black Infant Mortality Rate 16.8/1000

• PA Infant Mortality Rate 10.2/1000

• US Child Mortality 7/1000

• Avg. 3rd World Countries 158/1000

• Abortion Rate 21/1000

• Abortion Rate for Unmarried Women

400/1000

• Cancer is the leading cause of death in the US as of Jan. 2005.

• Lung cancer accounts for almost 1/3 of all cancers.

• World Life Expectancy 66

• U.S. Life Expectancy 77.9

• The US ranks 42nd in the world. Japan is first at 82.

• Male Life Expectancy (U.S.) 74.5

• Female Life Expectancy (U.S.) 79.9

• White Female Life Expectancy is about 6 years longer than non-white female

• White Male life Expectancy is about 8 years longer than non-white male.

• White female life expectancy is 15 years longer than non-white male

• Sex Ratio in U.S.: 96/100

(50/100 for blacks)

• U.S. Fertility Rate: 2.1 Children/Woman

• World Fertility Rate:

2.7 Children/Woman

• Zero Population Growth (ZPG) = 2 children per couple

• US Growth Rate for 2003 was 1%

• World Growth Rate 1.5%

Growth rate of a country is computed by adding and subtracting

• natural increase (births - deaths)

• net immigration (immigration - emigration)

• Result divided by population base

Population of Earth• 1 300,000,000• 1650 600,000,000• 1850 1,200,000,000• 1930 2,000,000,000• 1960 3,000,000,000• 1975 4,000,000,000• 1987 5,000,000,000• 1999 6,000,000,000• 2003 6,300,000,000• 2300 9,000,000,000

• China and India each have > 1 Billion

• 50% of Earth’s population live on 5% of the land

• 73.5% of U.S. population live on 1.5% of U.S. land (Over 50% of our population lives within 50 miles of a coastline)

• Density of Earth 96/sq. mi.

• Density of U.S. 84/sq. mi.

• Density of N.Y.C. 20,000/sq. mi.

The population of N.Y.C. > 42 of the 50 states

• Density of India 606/sq. mi.

• Density of Calcutta 85,000/sq. mi.

• The population of India equals the combined population of U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, France and Spain. They live in an area equivalent to the U.S. east of the Mississippi River)

• Non - White Population of U.S = app. 30%

• Hispanic 13.5%

• African American 12.7%

• Asian 4%

• Native American 1%

• By the middle of the 21st century, minorities will outnumber whites

• Legal immigrants account for 6% of our population.

• 23% of all people born in the US have a foreign-born mother. 59% of them are Hispanic.

• By the year 2025, 83% of the world’s population will live in Africa, Asia and Latin America

• Median Age in U.S. 35.3

• There are more people alive today who are age 65 and over than ever before . In fact, 1/2 of all those who ever lived to this age are alive today.

• 12% of the population is over 65.

Local Population• Selinsgrove 5,384• Shamokin Dam 1,690• Middleburg 1,422• Freeburg 640• Sunbury App. 11,000• Snyder County 37,546 (2000)• Northumberland County 94,556 • Union County 41, 624 • Columbia County 64, 151 • Juniata County 22,821 • Montour County 18,236

• PA Population 12 million (2000)

• US Population 300,888,812 (1/07)

• Projected to grow to 400 million by 2050

• The Us registers 1 birth every 8 seconds

• 1 Death every 11 seconds

• 1 Immigrant every 27 seconds

• World Population 6.4 Billion (12/04)