DTM

• what is stage 1 of the DTI

  • HIGH FLUCTUATING
  • High BR - due to lack of birth control and family planning, but children are needed for primary workers
  • High DR - due to famine, disease, no healthcare etc
• what is stage 2 of the DTI?

  • EARLY EXPANDING - LICs
  • High BR - same reasons as 1
  • Falling DR - Improved water supply and sanitation, more access to healthcare and vaccines due to global aid
  • RAPID POPULATION INCREASE - due to natural increase
• What is stage 3 of the DTI?

  • LATE EXPANDING - NEEs
  • Falling BR - more economic development meaning less child workers arre needed, more family planning, contraception is more available
  • Falling DR - same reasons as 2
  • Slow population increase
• What is stage 4 of the DTM?

  • LOW FLUCTUATING - HICs
  • Low BR - raised statuses for women as they prioritize their carreers over having kids, women have the choice of having children
  • Low DR - Better healthcare and hospital access, changed diets and healthier lifestyles
  • Stable population
• What is stage 5 of the DTM

  • NATURAL DECREASE
  • Very low BR - population is very elderly and above reproductive age
  • Slight increase in DR - Elderly population so deaths are natural causes
  • Population Decrease as dr is higher than br