Trends in Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States
(December 2009) Recent recommendations from the U.S.
Area of Expertise: Population Dynamics and Planning
La Fiche de données sur la population mondiale -2009 (PDF)
(juin 2014) L’utilisation de contraceptifs varie considérablement à travers le monde, à la fois en termes de consommation totale et les types de méthodes utilisées.
La Fiche de données sur la population mondiale–2009
(2009) Population mondiale : sur la voie des 7 milliards d’habitants d’ici 2011, 12 ans à peine après avoir atteint les 6 milliards en 1999.
PRB Discuss Online: Population and Climate Change, What Is the Link?
(2009) Climate change may adversely affect the population in many parts of the globe, in particular in developing countries where there is still substantial population growth.
Distilled Demographics: Addressing Population Myths
Video Series: Demography can be complicated and confusing. The media can discuss population issues based on false assumptions and interpretations without realizing it.
PRB Discuss Online: Does a Young Age Structure Thwart Democratic Governments?
(November 2009) Does a large proportion of young adults in a country’s adult population make it difficult for that country to gain or retain high levels of democracy?
The Fight Against ‘Honor Killings’
(2009) It is estimated that 5,000 women worldwide are murdered every year in so-called “honor killings”—committed by a woman’s relatives in order to cleanse the family of acts the woman has engaged in that they consider “immoral.
Report. The NIA Demography Centers, 2009
(2009) With the proportion of older people increasing in the United States and around the world, nations face new challenges and opportunities, particularly in health care and retirement systems, intergenerational relationships within families, and labor market supply.
Climate Change Predicted to Affect Mortality in Rural India More Than the United States
(2009) There is near consensus among the scientific community that CO2 emissions are causing climate change, including increased temperature, precipitation, and variability in weather.
PRB Discuss Online: Does Climate Change Threaten Our Cities?
(2010) The cities and towns of developing countries are projected to absorb at least 2.5 billion additional people by 2050.