(2014) Ukraine, a former republic of the Soviet Union, has undergone a series of dramatic demographic changes since its independence in 1991. Most significant, its birth rate declined sharply following independence, mirroring similar developments in other former Soviet republics.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
(2013) According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over one-third of U.S. adults are obese.
Drones might seem to be a natural solution to maintaining a more even contraceptive supply in hard-to-reach areas, but family planning supplies aren’t yet the ideal cargo.
Project: KIDS COUNT
(2014) The index disaggregates data by racial and ethnic group and by state in order to measure the "impact of a child’s race on his or her opportunity for success in adulthood," according to the foundation.
(2010) Racial and ethnic minorities make up a growing share of the U.S. population—35 percent in 2009, up from 31 percent in 2000, according to new population estimates from the Census Bureau.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
While non-Hispanic Black adults make up 10% of the population ages 65 to 74, they account for 18% of COVID-19-related deaths in that age group.
(2005) The number of people on Earth, where they live, and how they live all affect the condition of the environment.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
A woman’s ability to decide when to have children and how many children to have is fundamental to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights.