Indonesia
DTM
Indonesia is in stage three of the DTM due to it's declining birth rate and low death rate. It was in stage 1 till about the end of the 18th century, because after 1905 there is a slow increase in the rate of population growth, which suggests things like living conditions, standards of health and public safety were improving around that time period. There was a dramatic decline in 1945 and 1950, the cause being a decline in birth rates and an increase in death rates during the Japanese occupation in World War II and the war for independence against the Dutch. After 1950, the growth rate starts going up, which is when Indonesia started going through stage two of the DTM. Then around 1970, the growth rate begins to decline; allthough the population is still growing which is stage three of the DTM where Indnesia is currently.
Epidemics in Indonesia
HIV/AIDS in Indonesia is one of Asia’s fastest growing epidemics. It was expected that in 2010, 5 million Indonesians would have HIV/AIDS. Because of the low understanding and symptoms of the disease, only 5-10% of suffers get diagnosed and treated.
Indonesia's first reported case of the disease was in in 1987. Between then and 2009, 3,492 people died from the disease. There were 11,856 reported cases in 2008, 6,962 of them being people under 30 years old, including 55 infants under the age of 1. Over the past 15 years, HIV/AIDS has become an epidemic in Indonesia. The areas of the highest concentration are Papua, Jakarta, East Java, West Java, Bali and Riau which are considered the be the places that need immediant attention due to so many cases.