The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
A glance at the graph provided reveals some striking similarities between the Chinese and US
birth
rates during the period from 1920 to 2000. It is evident that both nations saw considerable fluctuations in fertility, with lows during the 1940s and highs during the 1950s.
Increasing from approximately 10 percent
in 1920 to 15 Change the spelling
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in 1935, China`s Change the spelling
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birth
rate then
plunged to a low of just 5 percent
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The US birth
rate, meanwhile, fluctuated at somewhere between 11 and 13 percent
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this
rate, to somewhere in the vicinity of 15 percent
in 1950, followed by a steady fall.
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while
the birth
rates of both countries were comparable until 1950, the gap between the two widened after
this
time as fertility in China slid away.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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