Stage 1:
- High Fluctuating
- Example: Amazonian tribes
- High Birth rate due to: lack of birth control, Religious beliefs, and children needed as labour, high infant mortality rate or it is a sign of prosperity.
- High Death Rate due to: Disease, Famine, war, lack of medical care, political reasons or a lack of rainfall
- More males live to 80 as more money spent on men for health care
Stage 2:
- Early expanding
- High Birth rate, plummeting death rate
- Example: Kenya, Bangladesh
- Death rate decreasing due to: Improvement in medical technology, more doctors, lifestyle, sanitation improved, IMR decreases and a improvement of transport
- More young dependents
Stage 3:
- Late expanding
- Example: Brazil, Mexico
- Birth rate falling, death rate flat lining
- Birth Rate decreasing due to: Education, emancipation of women lack of funds, increased use of machinery or a government policy
- Bangladesh: 24 million are females under 14
Stage 4:
- Low fluctuating
- USA, UK, China
- UK: 2.25 million males aged 35-39
Stage 5:
- Sweden Germany
- Japan: 2 million females aged 85-90
- Only 3 million under 4 females
Criticisms of the DTM
• Don’t show immigrations/ emigrations
• No specific information
• Doesn’t show life expectancies
• Based on UK experiences
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