Evaluate the validity of the following statements.

(a) A developing country is likely to have an overall death rate that is lower than that of a developed country.

(b) The populations of Europe and North America grew at a combined rate between 1750 and 1900 that significantly exceeded the population growth rates of developing countries at that time.

(c) If country A has a population growth rate that is lower than country B, then the average woman in country A has less children than her counterpart in country B.

(d) Birth rates may be high even when death rates may be falling.

(e) If total mortality among children remained constant, but the incidence of that mortality shifted from late childhood to early childhood, fertility rates should decline.