(January 2004) Providing an overview of American Indians and Alaska Natives* is difficult because it is such a diverse population and the complexities of past and current native life-ways and social customs are so vast.
(2004) Asians in the Americas date back to the arrival of Chinese and Filipino crews of the galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco starting in the 16th century.
(2004) Sweeping changes in public health have transformed life over the past century. On average, people live longer, healthier lives than ever before.
(Janvier 2004) Deux cents ans après sa victoire sur les troupes de Napoléon et l’avènement de son indépendance de la France, Haïti demeure un pays troublé.
(2003) The lingering effects of a long civil war, climatic changes, and infectious diseases represent major threats to life in the southern African nation of Mozambique, where 17.
Individuals relate to society through their families and households. When these units add or lose members — or when the household members grow older, divorce, or marry — there can be profound social and economic consequences.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals’ well-being and societies’ economic and social development.
(2003) A census is inevitably a blend of politics and science — politics because power and money are linked to how many people live where, science because the technically complex undertaking draws on many scientific disciplines.
(Mai 2003) Les succès sont réels, mais ils semblent petits en comparaison du travail : atteindre le demi-million d’adolescents1 qui forme les quelque 20 % de la population de 2,5 millions de cette île et leur permettre d’adopter des styles de vie sexuelle plus sains.
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Changement démographique radical
(Février 2003) Lors du recensement du 1er avril 1999, la population du Vietnam dépassait tout juste le cap des 76 millions d’habitants, ce qui en faisait le 13e pays le plus peuplé du monde.