American Indian and Alaska Native Children
This report examines the geographic distribution and socioeconomic characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native children, whose population virtually doubled between 1990 and 2000 because of changes to the 2000 Census. (August 2005)

The Changing Demographics of Roman Catholics
Catholicism will increasingly be a religion practiced predominantly in developing countries, while traditionally Catholic European countries will suffer large declines in the numbers of their Catholic citizens. (August 2005)

Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States in the 1990s
The number of neighborhoods with 40 percent or more of their residents in poverty had been growing since the 1960s. But an improved economy and suburbanization helped reverse a long-standing trend.(August 2005)

2005 World Population Data Sheet

 Extreme poverty and environmental and health disparities still plague many countries. The Data Sheet provides up-to-date demographic, health, and environment data for all the countries and major regions of the world. (August 2005)

Birth Registration Called Fundamental to Alleviating Health Disparities
Counting all babies could help them more easily access health care as well as education and legal protection or standing. (August 2005)

Clean Water's Historic Effect on U.S. Mortality Rates Provides Hope for Developing Countries
The U.S. introduced water filtration and chlorination in major cities between 1900 and 1940, and death rates declined. This experience is relevant in the developing world today. (May 2005)

Will Rising Childhood Obesity Decrease U.S. Life Expectancy?
A new study contends that rising childhood obesity rates will cut average U.S. life expectancy, but there is debate about the effects of obesity on mortality, and about the biological limits of a human lifespan. (May 2005)

Is 'Increasing Mobility' a Threat to U.S. Elder Care?
According to a new analysis of Census Bureau data, U.S. elder care is not being threatened by increasing mobility because of one simple fact: The United States is not an increasingly mobile society, if "mobility" means the propensity to move house. (April 2005)

Tracking and Reducing Maternal Deaths Presents Major Challenges
Despite heightened attention in the last two decades, progress in reducing maternal deaths has so far eluded governments. But the international community has renewed its commitment to the issue by setting a 2015 deadline for a significant worldwide reduction in pregnancy-related deaths and for improving maternal health globally. (April 2005)

The World's Next 'Population Problem'
This essay, by PRB president Bill Butz, reflects on how the "population problem" has been part of American discourse for over 100 years. Today's population problems differ markedly from earlier ones, and PRB has identified a set of core themes to address the new challenges. (March 2005)