(November 2012) Across the globe, more than 35 million people are living with dementia, according to recent World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.1 This number is expected to more than triple to reach 115 million by 2050 in the wake of world population aging.
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(20212) In recent years, more mothers of young children have entered the paid labor force.
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Accompanying this growth in the number of households has been a gradual but significant transformation of household structure.
There is a growing gap in the United States between the haves and the have-nots.
(August 2012) Children growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods are at higher risk of health problems, teen pregnancy, dropping out of school, and other social and economic problems compared with children living in more-affluent communities.
(2012) Since 2002, the United States has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. Although prison populations are increasing in some parts of the world, the natural rate of incarceration for countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100,000 population.
In the United States and other developed countries, fertility tends to drop during periods of economic decline. U.
(May 2012) The number of homeless veterans in the United States has declined by 11 percent since 2009, from 75,600 in 2009 to 67,500 in 2011.
(May 2012) In just over 40 years Malawi’s population has increased from 4 million people in 1966 to 13.1 million in 2008 to near 15 million today.