What Characterizes the Population in a Country in the Transition

What characterizes the population in a country in the transition phase of a demographic transition?

A) High birth and death rates, so limited growth with the population close to carrying capacity
B) High birth rates and low death rates, so the population is growing rapidly toward carrying capacity
C) High birth rates but lower death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; exponential growth rate
D) Low birth rates and low death rates as sanitation, technology, and medicine advances; slowing growth rate and population near carrying capacity
E) Low birth and death rates, women's status improves, population growth levels off and stops