Which stage will have death rates that fall while birth rates remain high,according to the demographic transition model? 

A)  the postindustrial stage 
B)  the industrial stage 
C)  the preindustrial stage 
D)  the transitional stage

Demographic Transition Model

A theoretical model that describes the stages a country goes through as it transitions from a non-industrial to an industrial economic system, influencing birth and death rates and overall population growth.

Death Rates

A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

Birth Rates

The number of live births per thousand people in a population over a given period of time.