ETM (epidemiological transition model) notes/flashcards

what is ETM (definition/what is stands for)

epidemiological transition model (health + disease patterns)

society gets killed by everything - no meds, sanitation, bubonic plague happens in this stage

stage 1

less death, increase in sanitation and better food, learning stage (cholera happens in this stage—bad water) (stage needs industrial rev to happen)

stage 2

new irreversible diseases (cancer, diabetes, etc) — less “natural deaths” (from animals, nature)

stage 3

core and semi peripheral in this stage, fighting diseases by advanced medicine (chemotherapy surgery, etc)

stage 4

increase in quality of life, overall extended & more luxurious life

stage 4

(core countries only) more death (NIR natural increase rate negative, BR birth rate low)— diseases evolved, meds less effective

stage 5

increase in poverty, which leads to less sanitation and medical environments—globalization speeds up diseases

stage 5