THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL

In the first stage the ___________ tends to fluctuate (go up and down) more than the ____________ because of wars and disease outbreaks. Both rates are high and the population remains fairly____________. During the second stage improvements in the __________________ and medicine lead to a falling death rate. The birth rate remains high as the people have always had large families to compensate for the high death rate and need to be ____________ to have smaller families as the population is ___________ rapidly. In stage three the death rate stabilizes at a low level and the birth rate _______ due to improved education and availability of_______________. However the population continues to increase but at a____________. In stage four both rates are low due to good access to medical technology and because it is no longer an _____________ to have a large family.

educated	increasing	standards of living

drops	slower rate

death rate	constant	contraception

advantage	birth rate