Lilly Lutz Blog #16
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Notes:
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In 1800 the world population
was 1 billion
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In 1900 the world population
was 2 billion (this number keeps growing)
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People believe that the world
will not be able to handle the huge increase in population
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People are concerned about the
sizes of families because the families are growing the population to quick
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People who live in countries
where there are many children are trying to reduce fertility rate
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In five years, Bangladesh went
from having 7 children per woman to 2 children per woman
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There was a big change in the
numbers of babies born the number had decreased to 2.5 from 5
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In Bangladesh women have an
average of 2.5 children
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Most people don’t know the
average fertility rate
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25 children had died before 5
years of age in Bangladesh
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1 out of 5 child dies
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2 parents have 2 children that
survive
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2 billion children were in the
world by 2000
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Everything they must transport
has to be carried because there is no other means of transportation
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Normally the poorest families
have the most mouths to feed
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Bikes make a huge difference
for the poor, they can carry things, they can find work and if they get sick,
they can find a health clinic before it is to late
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The richest get $100 a
day, the middle get $10 a day, and the poorest get $1 a day
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The first thing the
poor people would buy are shoes, then they save for a bike, then a motorbike
and then a car
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Extreme poverty is
where you find high mortality rate
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Most of the fossil
fuel is used by the richest billions
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