If health improves after development in an area but family planning does not increase, what may happen initially?

Correct answer: Death rate may fall and growth may rise

The correct answer is A: the death rate may fall and population growth may rise. Better health, sanitation, medical care, or nutrition can reduce deaths. If family planning has not increased, the birth rate may not fall at the same time. The gap between births and deaths can therefore become larger, producing higher natural increase initially. Option B is wrong because improved health does not stop births. Option C is wrong because fewer deaths, with no stated fall in births, generally supports population increase rather than an unavoidable decline. Option D is unrelated; migration still means movement of people between places. The word initially matters: later, fertility may change, but the immediate effect of falling mortality can be faster growth. Memory cue: falling deaths before falling births can create a temporary growth rise.