Epidemiologic Transition of
demography is a characteristic shift in the disease pattern of a population as mortality
falls during the demographic transition:
acute, infectious diseases are reduced, while chronic,
degenerative diseases increase in prominence, causing
a gradual shift in the age pattern of mortality from younger to older ages
•epidemiologic Transition of
demography:
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A characteristic shift in the disease the pattern of a population as mortality
falls during the demographic transition:
acute, infectious diseases are reduced, while chronic,
degenerative diseases increase in prominence, causing
a gradual shift in the age pattern of mortality from younger to older ages