Youth Are Key to Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa

Establishing healthy behaviors among young Africans could help stem a looming regional epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions, according to this PRB policy brief and data sheet with comprehensive data appendix.

In the Women’s Reproductive Health Data Sheet, Egypt 2014, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and El-Zanaty Associates compiled the latest data available on women’s reproductive health in Egypt, broken down by location, education level, and other key categories. The 29 indicators provide measures…

Use these PRB publications, graphics, and video to learn more about how demographers analyze data on fertility, mortality, and migration to create population projections, and how assumptions can produce different results over time.

The 2014 Malawi Youth Data Sheet provides health and population data for youth ages 15 to 24.

The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) 2012 was the first national population-based survey in Kenya to collect HIV information for children ages 18 months to 14 years.

The 2012 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) was a nationally representative population-based survey of adults and adolescents ages 15 to 64 and children ages 18 months to 14 years.

View data on global, regional, or country maps or tables using PRB’s 2014 interactive map. This map gives you 15 indicators organized in six tabs: population, births and deaths, life expectancy, family planning, income, and environment. For three of the indicators—infant mortality, total ferti…

PRB's data sheet contains the latest information available on the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting. This update of the 2010 wallchart shows the practice is still present in at least 29 developing countries, although there is some evidence that younger generations in some countries may f…

PRB's Family Planning Worldwide 2013 Data Sheet provides the latest estimates of births per woman and other indicators for 150 countries, including the percentage of women using modern and traditional family planning methods, unmet need for family planning, and use of modern contraception by wealth …

Africa, by far the world’s poorest region, will record the largest amount of population growth of any world region between now and 2050. Africa’s population is expected to more than double, rising from 1.1 billion today to at least 2.4 billion by 2050. “Nearly all of that growth will be in the 51 co…

This PRB data sheet, created as part of PRB's IDEA project (funded by USAID), and in partnership with PAHO, provides a wealth of data for selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that document the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases, especially among the region's youth.

The World's Youth 2013 Data Sheet provides a comprehensive portrait of the well-being of youth ages 10 to 24 across the globe, including such indicators as the current and projected size of youth populations, educational enrollments, labor force participation, marriage and fertility, and health risk…