Managing

Populations
An Ageing Population
 Why are people living for longer?
Is this happening globally or in certain countries? Why?
Jeanne Louise Calment – 122 years, 164 Jiroemon Kimura- 116 years, 54
days days old

This woman outlived her whole family,

including her only daughter and her only
grandson. 

World’s Oldest Female and Male

What are the implications of an ageing population?
 Define “Life expectancy”
The average number of years a person born in a particular country might be expected to
live.

Australia 81.5 Angola 42.5

China 82 Lesotho 42.5
Iceland 81.5 Mozambique 42
Japan 82.5 Sierra Leone 42.5
Spain 81 Swaziland 39.5
Sweden 81 Zambia 42
Switzerland 81.5 Zimbabwe 43.5
Explain the trend:

Describe the trend:

 Factors Affecting Life Expectancy
• The introduction of • Improvements in diet and
routine vaccinations fitness

• Advances in medical • Wider knowledge about

research and technology healthy living

• Improvements in sewage • A falling birth rate

disposal methods
• Babies born in the so
• The ability to control called “baby boom” after
formerly deadly or the Second World War are
debilitating diseases now reaching retirement
age 
 Factors that will affect life expectancy.

Task 1: Order them; most impactful to least impactful.

1.Vaccines are now available 5.Pesticides help kill pests 9.Flushing toilet was first
for many diseases ​ that damage crops ​ introduced  in the mid-
 ​ nineteenth century ​
 ​

2.Fireworks cannot be sold to 6.Fertilisers help crops grow ​ 10.Major sewers were first built
very young children ​  ​ in the UK during the 1880s ​
 ​  ​

3.Cigarettes carry warnings 7.Fire extinguishers are now 11.Technology has helped us
about lung cancer ​ found on trains ​ grow plants that give bigger
 ​  ​ yields ​
 ​  ​

4.Combine harvesters make 8.Traffic lights help us to 12.Danger warnings are written
farming more efficient ​ cross the road ​ on products such as bleach ​
 ​  ​  ​
 Explain two impacts of an aging
population (4)

• Point:

• Explanation:

• Point:

• Explanation: 
 Why do women live longer than men?

Biology: are there

differences in how our USA life expectancy 1980-2006

bodies work?
Work: do male occupations
involve greater risk
and danger?
Lifestyle: are men
exposed to greater
risk, perhaps through
sports or other leisure
pursuits?
Does the UK have an ageing population
problem?
 Task
Produce an A4 document on the UK’s population.

- Population pyramid
- Why does the UK have an ageing population?
- What are the issues the UK are experiencing/
expecting to experience from our ageing
population
- Ways the government are trying to deal with this
issue.
 Success criteria/ mark scheme
Knowledge
A* You have displayed an exceptionally detailed and
5 thorough knowledge of this topic of work.
A You have displayed a good detailed and
4 thorough knowledge of this topic of work
B You have displayed some detailed and thorough
3 knowledge of this topic of work.
C You have displayed some knowledge of this topic
2 of work, but you lack detail and accuracy.
D You have displayed limited and poor knowledge
1 of this topic of work.  unit of work. You have not analyzed or evaluated.  place. Fully reliant on teacher for
D= 3-4               C=5-7                 B= 8-10                      A= 11-14                            A*- 14-15
Understanding, explanation, analysis and Research Skills 
evaluation
You have demonstrated an expectational Outstanding research and clear
understanding of this unit of work. You have excellently evidence of your own
analyzed and evaluated the material covered.  interpretation and understanding of
the material.
You have demonstrated a good understanding of this Good research and clear evidence
unit of work. You have analyzed and evaluated the of your own interpretation and
material covered.  understanding of the material.
You have demonstrated a good understanding of most Some research and clear evidence
of this unit of work. You have begun to analyzed and of your own interpretation and
evaluate some of the material covered.  understanding of the material.
You have demonstrated a basic understanding of Limited research and clear evidence
most of this unit of work. You have struggled to analyze of your own interpretations. Heavy
and evaluate the material covered. reliance on the information
provided by the teacher.
You have demonstrated a limited understanding of this No individual research has taken
information. 
 Does the UK have an age problem?

Ideas to help...

The issues

•Pressure on healthcare and social services

•Gaps in the job market, with businesses and public services
lacking workforce and skills
•Funding public services and social housing: particularly in
time of recession
•How to harness the experience, expertise and creativity of a
large number of older people.
 Ways to combat an ageing population:

• Increase retirement age: • Tax fund money into old

65? people's account 
• Encourage people to have • Increase taxes to support the
more children.  elderly 
• Increase support networks
• Encourage staying
for the elderly 
active/healthy- less people
• Encourage different types of
in hospitals & better
jobs (less active)
mental health
• Encourage donations/charity 
• Save income earlier – • Increase immigration
increase pension amount.   (economic) 
 Does the UK have an age problem?

Ways to combat an ageing population:

1   Raise the age of retirement

2   Sustain or increase levels of migration to help fill
labour/skills gaps
3   Encourage the working, taxpaying population to save more
through pension schemes
4.  Encourage people to remain active, engage in regular
exercise and refrain from behaviours that could have a
detrimental effect on their health