2. The Demographic Transition Model is a
geographical model used to explain the process
of change from high birth rates and high death
rates to low birth rates and low death rates as
part of the economic development of a country
from a pre-industrial to an industrialized
economy.
3. The Demographic Transition Model is a
geographical model used to explain the process
of change from high birth rates and high death
rates to low birth rates and low death rates as
part of the economic development of a country
from a pre-industrial to an industrialized
economy.
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18. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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19. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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21. Death rate is high
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22. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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23. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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24. Birth rate is high
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25. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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27. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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28. Death rate falls due to better health care and diet and
improvements in the standard of living
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29. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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31. Birth rate remains high
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35. Death rate continues to fall
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37. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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38. Birth rate falls with introduction of family planning, better
education and the falling death rate
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39. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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40. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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41. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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42. Death rate is low
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43. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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44. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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45. Birth rate is low
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46. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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47. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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49. Death rate remains low
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50. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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51. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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52. Birth rates falls below the death rate
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53. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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54. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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55. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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Population
56. Population can be added to the Demographic Transition Model -
times of natural increase and natural decrease can be observed
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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Population
57. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
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58.
59. Limitations of the model
The model was developed after studying the
experiences of countries of Western Europe,
Japan and North America. Therefore the
conditions of wealth and resources might be
different for LEDCs.
It does not account for recent phenomena such
as AIDS and the resulting mortality decline.