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Period: 1200 BCE to
STAGE 1:THE HIGH STATIONARY STAGE
Birth rate is high and stable, crude death rate is high and fluctuating due to wars, disease and famine -
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STAGE 2:THE EARLY EXPANDING STAGE
Death rate declines significantly, birth rate remains at previous level due to the increase economy and better lifestyle -
Period: to
STAGE 3: THE LATE EXPANDING STATE
Lower level of morality, birth rates begin to decline due to the dictatorship, which reduced the economy of the country -
Period: to
STAGE 4:THE LOW STATIONARY STAGE
Transition from the peseta to euro, which is a more valuable coin, which lead to low birth and death rates. However, life expectancy still improves as age-specific mortality rates continue to fall.