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. 2014 May 15;7:10.3402/gha.v7.23574. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.23574

Table 2.

Timeline of selected countries reported to be at various stages of epidemiological transition

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
1870–1874 United Kingdom (153, 157), Sweden (153, 157), Finland (153, 157), Iceland (153, 157), USA (66), Germany (167)
1875–1879 The Netherlands (113)
1880–1884
1885–1889
1890–1894
1895–1899
1900–1904 Spain (114, 116, 117)
1905–1909
1910–1914 United Kingdom (124, 153, 157), Sweden (153, 157), Finland (153, 157), Iceland (153, 157), The Netherlands (113)
1915–1919
1920–1924 Mexico (17) Spain (114, 168)
1925–1929
1930–1934 Germany (167)
1935–1939 Japan (91)
1940–1944
1945–1949 Costa Rica (55)
1950–1954 Hong Kong (154), Trinidad and Tobago (64, 65) Japan (91, 158), Ghana (32), Canada (47, 169) The Netherlands (113), United Kingdom (124, 153, 157), Sweden (153, 157), Iceland (153, 157)
1955–1959 China (158)
1960–1964 Cuba (140), Puerto Rica (140)
1965–1969 Hong Kong (154), Singapore (154) Spain (114, 116, 117), Costa Rica (55)
1970–1974 Peru (77) Trinidad and Tobago (64, 65) Japan (158), Mauritius (34), Canada (169) Netherland (113)
1975–1979 Korea (95)
1980–1984
1985–1989 Mexico (59, 140) Hong Kong (154) Malaysia (154) Costa Rica (55), Canada (47), Spain (168)
1990–1994 Peru (77) Seychelles (37), Ghana (32), Cuba (54) Japan (158), France (108), Australia (126, 127), Trinidad and Tobago (65)
1995–1999 Mexico (17), Korea (93) China (158)
2000–2004 India (85, 86), Thailand (100, 101) Mexico (60), Peru (76), Hungary (109), Brazil (69, 73, 118)
2005–2009 Vietnam (104), Mexico (170)