What is the first stage of the demographic transition model?

The answer to this is letter A. This stage is also known as the pre-industrial stage. This is the time when there are a lot of birth rates because people are coming together, but since there are not enough industries yet, the death rates are also high. This makes the population of the area constant.

Some of the reasons for the high death rates are the following: lack of medical care because there are not enough details about the different diseases yet; poor sanitation of people and limited food supplies. There may be a lot of babies that are being born, but people are unable to survive for a long time because they lack the items that people need to live.

The correct answer to this question is option A - Birth rate high, death rate high and fluctuating, total population low and constant. In the first stage of the demographic transition model, birth rate (calculated as a number of annual births per one thousand people) is usually on the high side, and so is death rate (calculated as a number of annual deaths per one thousand people).

This causes a flux in the total population. Because the birth rate and the death rate are said to be relatively equal, there is only a little change in the total population. In stage one of the demographic transition model, the high birth rate is influenced by nations that depend heavily on manual labor such as agricultural practices, because a larger home meant more labor force. The high death rate also influences the birth rate as a nation seeks to achieve balance in society.