Saturday, May 23, 2009

Tpoic #3

#2. A very interesting website for those interested in maps and world statistics is the Population Reference Bureau.



#3. This Map was taken from www.worldmappers.org and showing the population of physicians around the world. It is interesting when viewed in correlation with the general population map below. You will notice that some sizes of the countries will be smaller in the physician map then in the population indicating that their are fewer physicians per people in that country (like India). Then compare that to the states where our size is bigger in the physicians map than in the population map. This means that we have more physicians for a smaller amount of total people.

#4. These two images below are population pyramids of the countries Costa Rica and Ukraine. Ukraine shows a declining population because of smaller amounts of children compared to adults. Costa Rica shows s classic pyramid shape indicating growth in that population. These statistics agree with what I heard for myself when I visited these amazing countries. Both of these maps were taken from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/pyramids.html.

1 comment:

  1. Alisha,
    - I did receive your email from the PRB website.
    - Interesting that the base on the Costa Rican pyramid is starting to narrow.
    - Good work on this post, although be careful with spelling and capitalization. You have several mistakes. I realize typing without spell check is a challenge!

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