Tag: mortality rates

Is the World Getting Better or Worse

Jan 6, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Sociology, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

New Scientist (HT: Brad Wright)
WSI: Demographic Transition Model

Jul 31, 2008

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, History, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Trends: Social

To understand technophysio evolution's impact on the global population, we can look at what demographers call the Demographic Transition Model (DTM). The DTM is a model reflecting the experience of Western Europe, extrapolated to interpret anticipated global demographic trends. There are four phases to the DTM: Stage 1: Death rates (deaths per 1,000 population) and birth…