Case Rate The number of reported cases of a specific disease per 100,000 population in a given year. Cause-Specific Death Rate The number of deaths attributable to a specific cause per 100,000 population in a given year. D -. Death Rate (or crude death rate) The number of deaths per 1,000 population in a given year. Demographic Transition The historical shift of birth and death rates from high to low levels in a population.
pacifism. 1  opposition to war or violence of any kind. 2  refusal to engage in military activity because of one's principles or beliefs. 3  the principle or policy that all differences among nations should be adjusted without recourse to war.
Defining federalism. Federalism is a system of shared power between two or more governments with authority over the same people and geographical area. Unitary systems of government, by far the most common form around the world, have only one source of power, the central or national government.ederalism in fact has been a dynamic framework for government, a characteristic that fits well the changing nature of American society itself. Over its 200-year history, the division of power under American federalism has shifted numerous times in law and practice.