Book 5 Test 1 task 1

The graph shows how proportions of population aged 65 and over have increased in Japan,USA,and Sweden since 1940. Clearly, figure has placed significant difference in the trends of 65 and over aged people in the above mentioned countries.

Looking more closely at the trend for Japan ,it can be seen that a slight decrease took place between 1940 and 1990,with proportion level decreasing by 5 per cent to 4 per cent.This was followed by a 10 year period of steady increase. Then after the year 2000, levels rose again, reaching a peak of 10% in 2030. But after 2030 a dramatic increase took place for approximately 4 to 5 years. In 2040, the level has reached on 27% which is the highest proportion amongs all the countries mentioned in the graph.

Now,we consider trend for USA and Sweden, we can see in the graph that in 1940 USA has more proportion then Sweden. The proportion has increased variably between 1940 and 2000 for both the countries USA and Sweeden. Since 2000 the level for USA has increased slightly than the level for sweden which has increased dramatically.

In the concluding part, in 1940 the proportion of population aged 65 and over were 5%,7% and 9% for Japan,Sweeden and USA respectively. In 2004, the proprtions have reached at 22 per cent , 25 per cent and 27 per cent for USA , sweden and japan respectively. Which has shown a huge increase between 1940 and 2040.