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Factors of Mechanical Movement
Factors of Mechanical Movement
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I. kinds of population movement in demographical statistics. Mechanical
movement of population and its main indicators
1. kinds of population movement in demographical statistics
Mechanical movement: transition of people or migration, it may be
due to
growing urbanization
Natural movement: defined according to birth & death rates, this is
important for
estimation of social health
2. mechanical movement of population: 2 groups of factors. Global trends of
migration
Factors of mechanical movement
Pushing factors
factors which made people leave a place
E.g: war, poverty, unemployment
E.g. in refugee, poor health is due to problem with medical
care, vaccination, nutrition, income
Pulling factors
Factors that attract people
E.g. job, tourism, education, good level of health
Global trends of migration
3. characterize different kinds of migration and the effect they have on
population size and composition
Internal migration
Within country
Move to capital
External migration
Move from a less developed to a more developed country
Temporary migration
Migrate for temporarily
E.g: job, education
Permanent migration
Ethnical
Have relatives in other places
Sensitivity: a/ (a+c)
Specificity: d/ (b+d)
Relationship between sensitivity & specificity
i. Sensitivity is higher if lower the criteria for positive result, but
decrease specificity ( criteria sensitivity specificity)
ii. Specificity is higher if criteria for positive result become more strict,
but this decrease sensitivity ( criteria specificity sensitivity)
iii. Goal of screening test is to have both high sensitivity & specificity,
but this is often not possible or feasible
iv. The decision for cutpoint involves: weighing the consequences of
leaving cases undetected (false negatives) against erroneously
classifying healthy person as diseased (false positives)
v. In general, specificity must be at least 98% to be effective, because
misclassifying 2% of population will lead to many false positives, this
false positive is also be detected in sensitivity test
vi.
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