Chapter+6+Questions

1. The population of the country Guyana is 762,498. The population growth rate is .234% which was estimated in 2007. According to the rule of 70 Guyana's population, with the growth rate as it is today will double in 16.3 years. It would be considered a slower moving population growth in comparison to the United States, India, and African countries.

2. The birth rate in Guyana is 17.56 per 1000 people in 2009, making the percent of birth 1.7%. The death rate in Guyana is 8.28 per 1000 people in 2009, making the percent of death .8%. Which makes since with the population growth in question #1, becuase the difference between the birth rate and death rate make since with the total population growth.

3. The prereproductive stage are the ages of 0-14 and the percentage is 25.7%. The reproductive stage which consists of ages 15-64 have a percent of 68.7%. And lastly the post reproductive are the ages of 65+ and have a percent of 5.5%.

4. There is no direct website saying what stage Guyana is in, but from my research I think Guyana is in stage 3, industrial, because the death rates are lower than the birth rate meaning they have the technology to expand life expectancy. It also means that Guyana has improved food production and it provides education.

5. Yes, there definately is. Guyana uses systems suchs as Reproductive Health Services and Safe Motherhood to ensure education, information and counselling services to help improve family planning. And there is not major population growth problems because Guyana population growth rate varies but staying close in numbers.

6. They use different systems and different aids to improve Guyana. Family planning in Guyana is big on disease and Guyana has many different services to help with disease spread and the risks of having children. But there is not major cultural traditions with Guyana.