(March 2011) Past research has extensively explored racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage in the United States and found wide differences in the composition of the uninsured populations.
(2013) In Zambia, girls often start childbearing before they are 18 years old, and many women end childbearing after the age of 35 (see Figure 1).1 This long period of childbearing contributes to Zambia's high total fertility rate, or average number of children per woman, which at 6.2 is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Girls, women, families, society, and the economy all pay a price for the gaps in knowledge about women’s health,” a new report says.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
As Americans live longer, researchers have begun to investigate how people can move into old age not just healthier, but also happier.
(2013) Despite more funding for health services during the past decade (per capita health spending rose from US$21 in 2000 to US$45 in 2009), India is unlikely to reach the targets for the health-related 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG).1
(2009) Unique events, political climates, and social and economic conditions shape each new generation in every society.