
doi: 10.2307/3607581
Population trends are determined by fertility and mortality. The crudest method of measuring fertility and mortality consists in relating the number of births and of deaths to the total population. The birth and death rates thus obtained show the proportion by which a population increases through births and decreases through deaths. But since these rates are calculated without regard to the sex and age composition of the population they do not afford an adequate gauge for the measurement of fertility and mortality The disturbing influence of the sex and age composition is eliminated by computing fertility tables and life tables.
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