In the first stage of the demographic transition (e.g. ,Europe before the Industrial Revolution),
A) birth rates and death rates are low.
B) birth rates and death rates are high.
C) birth rates are high and death rates are low.
D) death rates are high and birth rates are low.

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In the first stage of the demographic transition, both birth rates and death rates are high due to limited medical knowledge, poor hygiene, and lack of access to healthcare, which results in high mortality rates, while birth rates remain high to compensate for the high mortality.

In the First Stage of the Demographic Transition (E