Causes of death in rich and poor countries
 How do the causes of death on the charts compare?
Causes of death in
developing
countries
Number of deaths
Causes of death in
developed countries
Number of deaths
HIV-AIDS
2,678,000
Heart disease
3,512,000
Lower respiratory
infections
2,643,000
Stroke
3,346,000
Heart disease
2,484,000
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
1,829,000
Diarrhoea
1,793,000
Lower respiratory
infections
1,180,000
Cerebrovascular
disease
1,381,000
Lung cancer
938,000
Childhood diseases
1,217,000
Car accident
669,000
Malaria
1,103,000
Stomach cancer
657,000
Tuberculosis
1,021,000
High blood pressure
635,000
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
748,000
Tuberculosis
571,000
Measles
674,000
Suicide
499,000
The Demographic Transition
Model
OBJECTIVES
TO REVIEW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC
TRANSITION MODEL IS AND WHAT IT
SHOWS
2. TO EVALUATE THE DTM
3. TO JUDGE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE DTM
TO THE UK AND THAILAND
1.
Add the locations of China, UK and Zimbabwe to
the map
The Demographic Transition Model (seen it
before!)
Describe and
explain the
patterns on
the graph,
include
examples of
places in your
work
Read pages
162 and 163 of
your course
textbook
What are the strengths
and weaknesses of the
model?
To what extent do you
agree with those
strengths and
weaknesses?
Strengths
Your
opinion
Weaknesses
Your
opinion
The UK
Add the information
from pages 155 and 156
of Barker, Redfearn and
Skinner to the
Demographic Transition
model for the UK
How well does the UK fit
the Demographic
Transition model?
Thailand
Describe Thailand’s
population change from
the graph on page 157
Explain the changes
Case studies
How do our
case studies fit
in?
Add the data to a copy
of the DTM – which
stage of the DTM are
these countries in and
why?
Find out more by
researching them
Birth Rate Death
rate
China
14
7.06
UK
10.65
10.02
Zimbabwe
31.49
16.19
Germany
8.18
10.9
Natural
Change
per 1000
How can we explain this?
 Ghana death rate - 9.39 deaths/1,000 population
(2008 est.)
 UK death rate - 10.05 deaths/1,000 population
(2008 est.)
Opinion line review
 The demographic transition model is useful
 The demographic transition model is applicable to all
countries
 The demographic transition model has more
strengths than weaknesses
 The demographic transition model rocks!
Homework
 Find out more about Thailand’s Demographic
Transition