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Demographic Transition
Population aging is a by-product of the process known as "<em>Demographic Transitioning</em>." This process is determined mostly by fertility and mortality rate. For example: a population that has a high fertility rate has a low amount of older people, and vise versa.
Cotton was king in Louisiana because of its beautiful bolls,
And bales of rich value, the Master controls.
Of “mud-stills” he prates, and would haughtily bring
The world to acknowledge that “Cotton is King.”