An Improved State of Aging in America
Disability rates are down among older Americans, and more are managing daily life on their own with devices.
Disability rates are down among older Americans, and more are managing daily life on their own with devices.
(2008) Results from a new U.S. report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life indicate that more than one-fourth of U.S. adults have left their childhood faith to join another religion or are no longer affiliated with any religion.
Highlights From the 2024 World Population Data Sheet
An attention-getting headline in the major Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu recently observed: "Half of India's homes have mobile phones, but not toilets."
Highlights From the 2023 World Population Data Sheet
(2009) Each year, an estimated 9 million infants are born with a serious birth defect that may kill them or result in a lifelong disability. Such birth defects have an especially severe effect on children in developing countries.
(2008) Globalization helped increase incomes in Canada, the United States, and Mexico for more than 10 years, but left many children vulnerable economically.
(2010) With almost half of the world's population under age 25, investments in young people are vital to improve economic and social outcomes and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
(2003) Coastal regions, areas that are home to a large and growing proportion of the world's population, are undergoing environmental decline.