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Issues relating to youthful and ageing populations

Issues relating to youthful and ageing populations. Which one is which? Youthful or Ageing?.

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Issues relating to youthful and ageing populations

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  1. Issues relating to youthful and ageing populations

  2. Which one is which? Youthful or Ageing? The population pyramid on the left is for Angola, that has a youthful population, whereas the population pyramid on the right is for Japan, that has an ageing population, and a population in decline – stage 5 of the DTM? What are the signs that these are typical population pyramid structures for youthful and ageing populations?

  3. Learning Objectives • To be able to identify what a population pyramid for an ageing and youthful population looks like. • To be able to name 4 issues relating to youthful and ageing populations, with relation to named examples of Japan and Mexico.

  4. Pressure on housing – not enough housing – people living in slums. This is very common in big cities (Mumbai, India) where millions of people live in shanty towns with no running water, roads, sewage of any kind. Pressure on health services – a growth in diseases being spread around and not being dealt with adequately to stop the spread. Eg – AIDS/HIV What are the problems with having a youthful population? A very high percentage of people under the age of 15. Pressure on local resources such as food supplies. Famine, food distribution difficulties. Natural disasters make this problem worse – eg droughts, flooding – EG Pakistan 2010. Pressure on schooling – illiterate (the ability to read and write) population. India’s literacy rate is only 60% whereas Cambodia is 69%.

  5. What are the problems associated with having an ageing population? Having a large percentage of people over 65. • Problems with finances • Pensions – people living well into their retirement. Pensions need to be paid for longer amounts of time. Not enough younger workers to provide for pensions. • 3 solutions • Increase taxes – not popular • Raise retirement age – not popular – people have been working hard all of their life looking forward to the day they retire to be told to work another 5 years? • Abolish state pensions – not popular – people would suffer – poor not able to fund private pension? People living longer • Problems with health care • More health care needs to be provided as people get older. • More retirement homes, hospital beds, more undertakers. • More money spent on expensive medicines to keep people alive longer. • Need for more skilled workers – nurses, doctors, surgeons etc.

  6. Contrasting Countries: Japan v Mexico Which one is ageing? Which one is youthful? We are going to look at these two countries in more detail to look at the causes and the effects of having an ageing population in Japan’s case and a youthful population in Mexico’s case. These are case studies so will need to be learnt for the exam.

  7. Japan – Ageing Population

  8. Japan – Ageing Population http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/japan-tackles-ageing-society/7578.html

  9. Japan – Ageing Population

  10. Mexico – Youthful Population

  11. Mexico – Youthful Population

  12. Mexico – Youthful Population

  13. Homework VLE Question • Using a named example, explain the causes and effects of a country that has an ageing population. Date due by: 27/09/10

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