Why is it important to consider the age structure of a human population? What is

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Why is it important to consider the age structure of a human population? What is the general "shape" of the age structure of the U.S. population? (Select from a pyramid, an inverted pyramid, or a column.) 8. 9. Explain why developing nations have higher death rates due to acute diseases and why developed nations have higher rates of death due to chronic diseases 10. Provide one example each of short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term factors that might be used to estimate the human carrying capacity of Earth?

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8) Age structure is basically the number of people belonging to each age group in a population. It is very important to consider age structure of human population so that it becomes easy to understand the pace and flexibility of human population. It helps to estimate the needs and skill force of different ages. It helps us to get the knowledge of the way population growth is to be handled.

Shape of age structure of us population is a Pyramid. Age structure also helps to predict population growth.

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