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One of the significant outcomes of the "demographic trap" is explosive population growth. This is currently seen throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, where death rates have dropped during the last half of the 20th century due to advanced health care. However, in subsequent decades most of those countries were unable to keep
A possible result of a country remaining trapped in stage 2 is its government may reach a state of "demographic fatigue," writes [[Donald G. Kaufman|Donald Kaufman]]. In this condition, the government will lack financial resources to stabilize its population's growth and becomes unable to deal effectively with threats from natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, landslides, drought, and disease. According to Kaufman, many countries suffering from "demographic fatigue" will slip back into stage 1, resulting in both high fertility and high mortality rates. "If they do," he states, "these countries may soon reach [[zero population growth]], but at a terrible price." He gives the example of [[Zimbabwe]], where 26 percent of the adult population has [[AIDS]] and the average person has a life expectancy of only 40 years.<ref name=Kaufman/>
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