5. • 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
32. Growth rate of a country is computed by
adding and subtracting
• natural increase (births - deaths)
• net immigration (immigration -
emigration)
• Result divided by population base
42. • 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)
53. • 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.
55. 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