The demographic transition is a model of population change used to explain high population growth rates. According to the theory,
A) birth rates decline, eventually followed by a decline in death rates.
B) death rates decline, eventually followed by a decline in birth rates.
C) birth rates and death rates decline simultaneously.
D) birth rates rise, eventually followed by a rise in death rates.
E) death rates rise, eventually followed by a rise in birth rates.
Answer: B
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