causes for factors of population

Question 1

high birth rates

Answer 1

-lack of access to contraception (condoms)
-children needed to work
-high infant mortality
-cultural/religious reasons (some cultures believe its a sign of wealth to have big families)

Question 2

high death rates

Answer 2

usually in LEDC’s
-lack of sanitation leading to disease
-war
-poor medical care/not enough experienced doctors for everyone and no medicine available
-famine (starvation, leads to malnutrition)

Question 3

falling or low birth rate

Answer 3

-education of women (ppl prioritise their career and education over having kids due to how much access they have to it.
-easy access to contraception (plan B, injection, condoms)

Question 4

falling or low death rate

Answer 4

-better medical care
-vaccinations
-sanitation improvement (things are kept clean so less disease
-clean water supply
-better food production (genetically modified food/ better tech)

basically the opposite of high death rate