Demographic Transition Model

Question 1

Stage 1

Answer 1

High fluctuating birth & death rate; small pop increase
BIRTH rates high as...
   -no contraceptives
   -high infant mortality rates, parents have more so more                      survive
DEATH rates high as...
   -disease & plague 
   -no clean water/sewage disposal
   -famine/malnutrition
eg. Sierra Leone

Question 2

Stage 2

Answer 2

high birth, rapidly falling death rates
DEATH rates fall as...
   -improved medical care
   -imporvements in food production
   -improved sanitation
eg. Kenya

Question 3

Stage 3

Answer 3

birth rate falls rapidly, death rates fall steadily.
BIRTH rate falls as...
   -family planning/contraceptives
   -lower infant mortality rate
   -emancipation of women
   -industrialisation/mechanisation
eg. India

Question 4

Stage 4

Answer 4

birth & death rates low; fluctuating gives steady pop

eg. Belgium

Question 5

Stage 5

Answer 5

birth rate fallen below replacement; slowly decreasing pop.

eg. Italy